( September 8, 2026, 2:57 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — A Texas federal judge held that a man who alleges that metal-on-metal hip implants caused metallosis can pursue product liability claims that otherwise would be barred by Texas’ 15-year statute of repose, finding that the alleged condition could fall within the statute’s latent disease exception and denying the hip implant manufacturers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings....