Orthopedic rivals Zimmer Holdings and Stryker Corp. are once again engaged in a legal battle.Zimmer filed a lawsuit in South Bend’s Northern District of U.S. District Court accusing its rival of using a “Trojan horse” scheme to lure away sales reps and accounts in its Texas market. The suit also names Zimmer sales rep Cory …read more.

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) and Zimmer (NYSE:ZMH) reportedly put to rest a bitter lawsuit filed by Stryker that accused its orthopedics rival of poaching employees and stealing trade secrets. According to MassDevice.com, a trial in the case was slated to begin yesterday in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey, but lawyers for the medical device companies …read more.

A federal court jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., ruled this week that Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings will pay $70 million plus damages and royalties totaling $63.7 million to Stryker for patent infringement. On Tuesday, the jury found that Zimmer Holdings infringed three Stryker patents pertaining to its Pulsavac wound debridement system devices. According to Bloomberg.com, the …read more.

The Columbia City Police Department was asked for the public’s help Tuesday in finding the department’s missing K9. According to police, Stryker got out of his kennel at his handler’s house. He was seen by a police officer in the Collins area at around 2 p.m. today near the intersection of Indiana 205 and CR …read more.