Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit February 22, 2005, 03-4070 (In Re: Sulzer Orthopedics and Knee Prosthesis Products Liability Litigation. Shirley C. Butler v. Certified Class)

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

In December of 2000, Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc., issued a recall of certain of its hip implants, which were determined to be defective. Shortly thereafter, more than thirteen hundred civil actions were filed across the United States.