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According to court documents, on August 27th, 2012, Illinois resident Maxy Payne filed a lawsuit in Illinois Northern District Court (case no. 1:2012cv06855) alleging her Zimmer’s NexGen Knee components (the Zimmer NexGen LPS-Flex and the Zimmer NexGen MIS Tibia) caused her Zimmer knee failure leading to revision surgery. The NexGen Knee is manufactured by Zimmer Holdings a medical device manufacturer specializing in orthopedic implants. A Zimmer NexGen knee failure multidistrict...

According to court documents, on July 6th, 2012, Massachusetts resident Kathleen Drago and her husband Ronald filed a lawsuit in Missouri Eastern District Court (case no. 4:2012cv01214) alleging she suffered severe complications from her Zimmer’s NexGen CR-Flex devices in both knees. The NexGen Knee is manufactured by Zimmer Holdings a medical device manufacturer specializing in orthopedic implants. This new lawsuit might be transferred to the Zimmer NexGen knee failure multidistrict...

WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that effective Friday, August 24, 2012, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC will replace Computershare/BNY Mellon Shareowner Services as the Company's transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for its common stock. From that date forward, all inquiries and correspondence relating to stockholder records, transfer...

WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, announced that it will be participating in the INVESTIndiana Equity Conference at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 13, 2012, at 1:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. A live webcast of the presentation can be accessed via Zimmer's Investor Relations website at http://investor.zimmer.com. The webcast will be archived for replay following...

According to court documents, on July 9th, 2012, a carate practitioner, Michael S. Bishal filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Eastern District Court (case no. 2:2012cv00043) alleging he suffered permanent pain and damage from his Zimmer Durom Cup. The Zimmer Durom Cup is an artificial hip component widely used in hip replacement surgeries in the US since 2006. This new lawsuit may be eligible to join the multidistrict litigation (MDL 2158) in the District of New Jersey, where the products...

WARSAW, Ind., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that Christopher B. Begley, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hospira, Inc., has been appointed to its Board of Directors. "With more than 25 years of experience managing and directing leading healthcare and life science companies, as well as extensive board representation in a variety of consumer-facing industries, Chris...

WARSAW, Ind., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH) announced today its second quarter 2012 sales and earnings conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, July 26, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A news release detailing the quarterly results will be made available at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time the morning of the conference call. The live audio webcast can be accessed via Zimmer's Investor Relations website at...

According to court documents, on May 25th, 2012, Kansas resident, Dinah Terrill, filed a lawsuit in Kansas District Court (case no. 2:2012cv02327) alleging that her Zimmer’s NexGen Knee implant components (incl. the Zimmer NexGen LPS-Flex, the NexGen GSF LPS-Flex and the NexGen MIS Tibia) caused her Zimmer knee failure leading to revision surgery. The NexGen Knee is manufactured by Zimmer Holdings a medical device manufacturer specializing in orthopedic implants. This new lawsuit has...

CHICAGO, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, WLP, TDC, AVP, and ZMH. To see what our analysts have discovered about these stocks read the Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts at http://www.iotogo.com/s/041812A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), WellPoint (NYSE: WLP), Teradata...

On February 27th, 2012 Zimmer Holdings Inc. reported a profitable year as its earnings quadrupled to $156.6 million in 2011 compared to 2010. This increase occurred in spite of the costs related to lawsuits filed by patients experiencing problems with Zimmer’s Durom Cup Hip Implants. The Durom Cup, manufactured by Zimmer Holdings, is an artificial hip component widely used in hip replacement surgeries in the US since 2006. In July 2008 the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement components...