BHR Hip MDL Judge Adds 3 New Attorneys to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee

BALTIMORE — A Maryland federal judge revised the first case management order issued in the Smith & Nephew BHR hip multidistrict litigation, adding three new attorneys to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee.

In the Sept. 24 order, Judge Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland appointed Lisa Lee of The Joel Bieber Law Firm, Kathleen Kerner of Jenner Law and Jessica Williams of Gomez Trial Attorneys to the PSC.

DePuy recalled the ASR XL Acetabular and ASR Hip Resurfacing System devices in August 2010. The recall came after years of complaints from doctors and patients …