Litigation over the Biomet hip replacements has resolved in a global settlement. The result is a plan for several-hundred plaintiffs to receive a base award of $200,000 for each hip they have had replaced, according to court papers filed in federal court Monday.
The settlement agreement could cover both state-court and federal court claims. As of Jan. 15, there were 953 cases in which plaintiffs allege they were injured by Biomet’s M2a metal-on-metal hip replacement systems because the design allows microscopic shavings of metal to be released into their bodies and increases the risk of the implants failing. The cases are pending in the Multidistrict Litigation in the Northern District of Indiana.
