Exactech Recall Lawsuit Calculator
MDL 3044 (E.D.N.Y.) — on hold since Exactech's Chapter 11 filing (October 2024); since the plan took effect on October 31, 2025, injury claims run through the Exactech Settlement Trust. 1,838 cases still pending. Knee/hip/ankle polyethylene oxidation + premature failure
What are typical Exactech settlement projections? Based on comparable device MDLs (but UNCERTAIN given bankruptcy): revision surgery no major complications $50K-$150K; complex revision with significant functional loss $150K-$400K; permanent disability + multiple revisions $400K+. Actual recovery depends entirely on trust funding.
⚠ MDL 3044 on hold — Exactech Chapter 11 filed Oct 2024, plan effective Oct 31, 2025. Claims now run through the Exactech Settlement Trust; the proof-of-claim bar date passed Feb 7, 2025.
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Exactech Recall — Bankruptcy Status
Exactech's knee, hip, and ankle replacement implants were packaged in polyethylene bags with compromised oxygen barrier properties, causing premature oxidation and degradation of the implant's plastic component. Accelerated wear + implant failure + revision surgery years ahead of expected device lifespan.
MDL 3044 (E.D.N.Y., Judge Garaufis) — on hold since October 29, 2024, when Exactech filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware; since the plan took effect on October 31, 2025 these claims are channeled to the settlement trust rather than tried in the MDL. 1,838 cases were still pending in the MDL as of the JPML docket report of October 1, 2026 (1,847 have been filed in total), with no distribution announced. The revised reorganization plan was confirmed in September 2025 and took effect in late October 2025: personal-injury claims are channeled to a settlement trust, that same trust sued former private-equity owner TPG in Delaware's Court of Chancery in February 2026 to enlarge what it can pay out, and the proof-of-claim bar date of February 7, 2025 has passed. The cumulative federal filing count has not moved since the JPML's September 2025 report.
No trial verdicts. Bellwether trials (Tarloff Sep 2025, Larson Nov 2025) did not proceed due to bankruptcy stay. Recovery now depends on what the Exactech Settlement Trust holds and on its Trust Distribution Procedures; the plan fixes no percentage and no distribution figure has been published. Strategic Value Partners and Stellex Capital Management own Exactech following the reorganization. The trust took over these claims on the October 31, 2025 effective date; no payout schedule has been announced.
Latest From the Court Docket
Recent entries in the federal case behind this page, taken from the court's own docket. We check it at least once a day; this list is as of Oct 16, 2026.
Case: In Re: Exactech Polyethylene Orthopedic Products Liability Litigation, No. 1:22-md-03044 (E.D.N.Y.)
Sep 8, 2026
Order(Other)
ECF No. 798
A docket entry is a step in the case, not a decision on who wins. Sources: the courts' PACER feeds and CourtListener (Free Law Project). Not legal advice.
Exactech Recall FAQs
My Exactech implant hasn't failed yet. Can I still file?
Not through the bankruptcy claims process any more. The deadline to file a proof of claim in Exactech's Chapter 11 case was February 7, 2025, and the official bar-date notice sent to implant recipients warned that anyone who missed it would lose the right to seek compensation. Claims filed in time are channeled to the settlement trust created when the reorganization plan took effect in late October 2025. Since then the federal docket has been frozen — the JPML's cumulative count of 1,847 Exactech filings has not changed since its September 2025 report. Firms had begun closing intake even earlier: Miller & Zois told readers on February 2, 2025, days before the bar date, that it was “no longer handling these claims”. If your recalled implant fails now and you never filed, ask a bankruptcy attorney about late-claim options. Here is what the court file itself shows, as we read it in September 2026: claims filed in time were assumed by the Exactech Settlement Trust on the effective date, and the trust's own Trust Distribution Procedures — not the bankruptcy court and not the MDL — now decide how a claim is submitted, valued and paid. The claims agent's filing portal is still online and still shows a “File Claim” button, but the bar date passed on February 7, 2025 — anything filed today would be a late claim, and we found no new registration opened for claimants who missed it.
What does Exactech's bankruptcy mean for my claim?
Your lawsuit is converted to a creditor claim, and you are the creditor — your claim, not your attorney's, is what the trust pays. Your attorney now represents you in the trust's claims process instead of in court. How much you recover depends on what the trust ends up holding; the plan fixes no percentage, and no distribution figure has been published for the Exactech Settlement Trust. Proofs of claim had to be filed in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court by February 7, 2025. Under the confirmed plan, personal-injury and wrongful-death claims were assumed by a settlement trust on the October 31, 2025 effective date, and each allowed claim receives a pro-rata share of what that trust can distribute — the plan sets no dollar formula, so the trust's distribution procedures decide what a claim is worth and when it is paid. The Exactech Settlement Trust — the same trust that took over these claims — sued Exactech's former private-equity owner TPG in the Delaware Court of Chancery on February 5, 2026 (Reisman v. TPG, Inc., C.A. No. 2026-0129-MTZ). Anything that suit recovers flows into the pool your claim is paid from. No ruling or settlement had been reported when we checked on September 2, 2026.
How do I know if my Exactech implant is in the recall?
Exactech published specific lot number lists. Your surgeon's operative notes or device card will have the lot number. Recalled devices: knee (Optetrak, Optetrak Logic, Truliant), hip (Alteon, Exactech Hip System), ankle (Vantage, Vantage Convertible).
When will I see any payment from Exactech?
No payout date has been announced. The Exactech Settlement Trust took over claims filed in time on the October 31, 2025 effective date; payments follow its Trust Distribution Procedures, and as of October 2026 we found no published payout schedule or distribution figure. How much the trust can pay also depends on what it recovers, including from its February 2026 lawsuit against former owner TPG. Do NOT expect near-term recovery. If you never filed by the February 7, 2025 bar date, ask a bankruptcy attorney about late-claim options.
What if my revision surgery hasn't happened yet but I'm in pain?
Document symptoms now and get imaging (X-rays showing wear patterns) regardless — that evidence is what a claim is valued on. But be clear about the deadline: the bankruptcy proof-of-claim bar date passed on February 7, 2025. If you filed in time, your attorney can supplement the claim with the new medical evidence as the trust process unfolds. If you never filed, no open intake route was visible when we checked the court file and the claims agent's site in September 2026 — ask bankruptcy counsel about late-claim options rather than assuming there is nothing to be done.
Is TPG Capital (former owner) liable for Exactech injuries?
Not through the bankruptcy, and not in the MDL so far. An early version of Exactech's plan would have released TPG in exchange for $10 million, according to the creditors' committee's lawyers; that release failed in June 2025. Under the plan confirmed on September 17, 2025 (effective October 31, 2025), the claims against TPG were not released but assigned to the Exactech Settlement Trust. In the MDL, Judge Garaufis had already dismissed TPG from personal-injury cases from 18 states on March 7, 2024, finding that plaintiffs had not shown grounds to pierce the corporate veil. On February 5, 2026 the trust sued TPG, related TPG entities and several individuals in the Delaware Court of Chancery (C.A. No. 2026-0129), alleging a scheme to escape liability for Exactech's defective devices. As of October 2026 we found no ruling or settlement in that case; anything it recovers goes to the trust that pays the claims.
Who is the judge in the Exactech bankruptcy?
Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, in Case No. 24-12441 — separate from Judge Garaufis's MDL in E.D.N.Y. That court confirmed the plan, but it no longer handles individual claims: since the October 31, 2025 effective date they run through the trust's own procedures. The proof-of-claim deadline was February 7, 2025 (governmental units: April 28, 2025; DOJ and state False Claims Act claims: August 25, 2025); the plan was confirmed on September 17, 2025 and its effective date was October 31, 2025. Personal-injury claims are now administered by the Exactech Settlement Trust, whose trustee is Ellen K. Reisman.
What are typical Exactech settlement projections?
Based on comparable device MDLs (but UNCERTAIN given bankruptcy): revision surgery no major complications $50K-$150K; complex revision with significant functional loss $150K-$400K; permanent disability + multiple revisions $400K+. Actual recovery depends entirely on trust funding.