Biomet Hip Implant Design Defect Claims Cleared for Trial

Biomet Inc. and related companies must face trial on narrowed claims in a couple’s lawsuit alleging flawed metal-on-metal hip implants caused complications that required the wife to undergo multiple revision surgeries, a federal court in Missouri said.

Mary and Philip Bayes raised fact questions concerning whether a design defect caused her injuries, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri said.

But the court granted judgment to Biomet on the couple’s warning-based claims. They can’t show that a different or better warning to doctors would have prevented her harm because her surgeon said he didn’t read device instructions, ...