In re Zimmer Nexgen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Defendants Zimmer, Inc. and its affiliates (“Defendants” or “Zimmer”) are manufacturers of the Zimmer NexGen knee implant devices that are the subject of this multidistrict litigation (“MDL”). In this motion, Defendants seek authority under certain conditions to contact prospective expert witnesses who also happen to be treating physicians for several Plaintiffs whose cases are consolidated in this MDL. As Defendants note, the size of this MDL is significant: it now comprises more than 530 individual actions, and Plaintiffs have suggested…