The first trials involving Exactech’s recalled hip and knee devices are scheduled for late 2024 and early 2025, and the number of lawsuits over the failed devices now exceeds 1,000 for the first time.
Injured patients all over the country are undergoing costly and painful revision surgeries to have the company’s defective plastic components removed from their bodies due to premature deterioration. There are now 882 individual lawsuits over the recalled Exactech devices pending in New York federal court, with additional cases in Florida state court where the company is based.
Exactech jury trial details
The first four trials in Florida will take place between October 2024 and January 2025. They will involve hip components only. The first trials in New York federal court will be drawn from a pool of 24 plaintiffs with failed knee devices. In the meantime, lawyers for both plaintiffs and defendants are taking depositions of key witnesses and reviewing hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the recall and the defective plastic components. The lawyers at Alex Davis Law are involved in the pre-trial phase of the case and represent numerous Exactech patients all over the country.
Here is a list of some components affected by the recall:
OPTETRAK OPTETRAK All-polyethylene CR Tibial Components Introduced in the United States in 1994.
OPTETRAK All-polyethylene PS Tibial Components OPTETRAK CR Tibial Inserts
OPTETRAK CR Slope Tibial Inserts
OPTETRAK PS Tibial Inserts
OPTETRAK HI-FLEX PS Tibial Inserts
OPTETRAK Logic (referred to as “Logic” below)
OPTETRAK Logic CR Tibial Inserts Introduced in the United States in 2009.
OPTETRAK Logic CR Slope Tibial Inserts
OPTETRAK Logic CRC Tibial Inserts OPTETRAK Logic PS Tibial Inserts
OPTETRAK Logic PSC Tibial Inserts OPTETRAK Logic CC Tibial Inserts
TRULIANT CR Tibial Inserts. Introduced in the United States in 2017.
TRULIANT CR Slope Tibial Inserts
TRULIANT CRC Tibial Inserts
TRULIANT PS Tibial Inserts
TRULIANT PSC Tibial Inserts
VANTAGE Fixed-Bearing Liner Component. Introduced in the United States in 2016.
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Cases like this one are part of a judicial process called Multidistrict Litigation, or MDL for short. They are still individual lawsuits, but the cases are consolidated in front of a single federal judge for the sake of efficiency and consistency.
The legal team at Alex Davis Law recognizes the physical and emotional struggle that Exactech customers have experienced and continue to experience. If you or a loved one have been affected by the Exactech recall, you may be entitled to financial compensation.
To review your case, contact the lawyers at Alex Davis Law for a free consultation.