A Pennsylvania U.S. District Judge threw out the case last year, ruling that it was filed too late.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the lower court judge’s 2018 ruling that the suit missed the statute of limitations and said that a jury must decide if the suit was filed too late.
The woman filed the suit in 2017, two years after undergoing revision surgery to replace the Zimmer Biomet implant, which she claims caused her pain and complications including metallosis.
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