212964P.pdf   12/14/2022  Mary Bayes  v.  Biomet, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-2964
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Kelly and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Products liability. Where the jury returned a verdict for 
   plaintiff on her liability product-defect claim and for the defendant on 
   her strict liability claim, the district court did not err in determining 
   the jury verdicts were not irreconcilably inconsistent as the strict 
   liability instruction did not require the jury to find proof of a 
   reasonably anticipated use and the instructions thus set differing proof 
   elements; there was a sufficient evidentiary basis for the jury to 
   determine that defendant failed to meet a reasonable standard of care; 
   there was also sufficient evidence to show defendant breached its duty of 
   care in designing the product, both with respect to ion release from 
   metal-on-metal implants and with respect to the choice of the size of the 
   hip implant cup; $20 million jury verdict affirmed.