Christiansen v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.

*1314 OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM S. DUFFEY, JR., District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On February 27, 2012, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”) ordered the centralization-of five actions pending in five districts, involving alleged defects in Wright Medical Technology Inc.’s Conserve line of hip implant products. (In re: Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, 1:12-md-2329 (“MDL”), [1] (the “February 27, 2012, MDL Order”)). Most of the plaintiffs’ claims focus on the alleged propensity of the metal-on-metal design of the…