Indiana-based medical device manufacturer Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc on Friday was cleared of liability in the first of more than 900 U.S. lawsuits to go to trial over claims that its NexGen Flex knee replacements were prone to painful, motion-impairing loosening.
Following a three-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, jurors returned a verdict for Zimmer in the lawsuit brought by Kathy Batty, according to Zimmer spokeswoman Monica Kendrick.
Batty, who suffers from degenerative joint disease, underwent a total knee replacement on both knees in 2009 using Zimmer’s NexGen Flex system.
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