Robyn Christiansen v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.

BARTLE, District Judge:

Defendant Wright Medical Technology, Inc. appeals from the entry against it of a $2,100,000 judgment in this products liability case following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Robyn Christiansen 1 and after the district court’s denial in part of the defendant’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial. 2

The trial in this case, was the first bellwether trial in a multidistrict litigation involving over 500 cases concerning the Wright Medical Conserve “metal-on-metal” hip. replacement device designed and manufactured by the defendant. At trial,…