(October 23, 2019, 12:35 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — In a one-paragraph opinion, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 22 said a multidistrict litigation court did not err when its ruled that a plaintiff’s claims involving a metal-on-metal hip made by Smith & Nephew Inc. (S&N) was untimely and not subject to equitable tolling (In Re: Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip [Kimberlee Aitcheson, et al. v. Smith & Nephew], No. 19-1079, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 31419)....