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Litigation

Mar. 4, 2011

San Francisco Likely Home Base for Hip Suits

San Francisco will most likely be home base for a glut of lawsuits against the makers of a recalled artificial hip.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco will most likely be home base for a glut of lawsuits against the makers of a recalled artificial hip.


On Wednesday, Superior Court Complex Litigation Judge Richard A. Kramer ruled the some 213 (and counting) state-court cases against DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. should be coordinated in San Francisco and any appeals heard by the 1st District Court of Appeal. But before he di...

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