FEDERAL COURT IN ARKANSAS APPOINTS CHRISTOPHER P. YUHL to Leadership Role in ProFemur Hip Litigation MDL

Marina del Rey, CA., December, 2020. Yuhl | Carr, LLP, a premier civil litigation firm in California, is proud to announce that Senior Partner Christopher P. Yuhl has been appointed Leadership Counsel for the Plaintiffs Steering Committee In Re: Profemur Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation Multi-District Litigation (MDL) No. 2949, by the Honorable Katherine G. Baker. Mr. Yuhl will serve alongside Co-lead counsel N. Kirkland Pope (Pope McGlamry) and George E. McLaughlin (Warshauer McLaughlin Law Group) in this MDL.

On September 23rd. 2020, MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. announced a Class 1 Device Recall on the PROFEMUR Neck Long and Extra Long Titanium. The recall stated that the PROFEMUR Titanium modular neck has been reported to fracture after implantation in certain cases. This recall is in addition to MicroPort’s Class 1 Recall of the Profemur Cobalt and Chromium Long A/R modular necks due to corrosion and fracture. Pope McGlamry and McLaughlin Law Firm are leading the state coordinated litigation involving Profemur hip implant failures in front of Judge Robert Weiss in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee.