Two-Year Limitations Bars Hip Replacement Claim

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 28, 2011

Tags: Judge Anthony J. Trenga, Products Liability, U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a removed diversity action against hip replacement manufacturers as barred by Virginia’s two-year statute of limitations; equitable estoppel does not apply because patient waited more than two years after a product recall. In September 2005, patient had a total right hip replacement surgery. An orthopedic implant manufactured ...

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