In Re: Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis or M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis with Kinectiv Technology and Versys Femoral Head Products Liability Litigation

Filing 212

ORDER NO. 65: ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINES FOR THE SECOND BELLWETHER POOL SELECTION AND PROCESS: Upon consideration of the parties' agreed-to proposed amended schedule regarding deadlines for the Second Bellwether Pool Selection an d Process and in order to allow Plaintiffs' counsel additional time to obtain Lexecon waivers or objections from their clients, this Court extends all deadlines for the Second Bellwether Pool Selection and Process contained in Order 64 (Section VI,17) by one week. Accordingly, the new schedule is set forth as below: Deadline for parties to file Lexecon Objections: March 1, 2022. Deadline for parties to submit Second Bellwether Pool Eligibility list to the Court consisting of a ll cases that waive Lexecon and satisfy the inclusion criteria set forth in Paragraph 8 of Order 64: March 4, 2022. Court to randomly select 16 cases (8 from Category One and 8 from Category Two) for inclusion in the Second Bellwether Pool at the st atus conference: March 7, 2022 at 4:00 pm ET. Deadline for parties to file Notices of Bellwether Strikes: March 21, 2022 by 5:00 pm ET. Deadline for parties to file briefs on which four cases should be selected by the Court as the Second Bellwether cases: March 31, 2022. Commencement of case-specific fact discovery tor the Second Bellwether cases: The date the four second Bellwether cases are selected by the Court. Close of case-specific fact discovery for the Second Bellwether cases and deadl ine for the parties to submit letter briefs proposing the order of those cases: 120 days after the second bellwether trial pool cases are selected by the Court. SO ORDERED. ( Brief due by 3/31/2022., Status Conference set for 3/7/2022 at 04:00 PM before Judge Paul A. Crotty.) (Signed by Judge Paul A. Crotty on 2/22/2022) (tg)