Attorneys who crowded into Alameda County, Calif.’s convention center last week to hear details of a proposed nationwide settlement over faulty hip implants were warned in no uncertain words not to rock the boat.

Gathered were about 100 rank-and-file plaintiffs’ lawyers involved in the national $1 billion hip and knee implant litigation settlement with Austin, Texas-based Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. One attorney voiced the thoughts of just about everyone when he asked what his chances would be if he opted out of the settlement.

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