Inter-Op Settlement Stays $15.5 Mil. In Damages; State Plaintiffs Appeal
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Sulzer Medica is relying on an anticipated class settlement to impose a seven-year freeze on hip and knee revision damages already being awarded at the state court level.
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