1st BHR Hip MDL Bellwether Results In Verdict For Defendant Smith & Nephew

Mealey's (August 19, 2021, 4:37 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A Maryland federal jury on Aug. 13 returned a defense verdict in the first Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) multidistrict litigation case, finding that although defendant Smith & Nephew Inc. made false or misleading representations, a patient’s orthopedic surgeon did not rely on those representations in deciding to use the metal-on-metal design prosthesis....

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