First Settlements Reached in Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Lawsuits
Medical device maker, Stryker, has settled four of the numerous lawsuits it faces over its recalled Rejuvenate metal-on-metal hip implants. The first phase of mediation, under Judge Brian Martinotti of...
View ArticleDePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Caused Elevated Blood Metal Ion Levels, Alleges...
In a lawsuit filed on December 16, a Rhode Island couple alleges that the husband’s DePuy Pinnacle hip implant device caused complications including extreme pain and weakness, and elevated chromium and...
View ArticleStudy: Hip Device Regulatory Review Found to be “Entirely Inadequate”
Emerging research reveals that some hip implants on the market today received clearance with little or no proof of efficacy or safety. The researchers indicate that about 8 percent of the hip devices...
View ArticleStudy Shows Nearly 8% of Hip Implants Not Backed by Safety Evidence
A new study reveals that nearly eight percent of hip implant devices used in hip replacement surgery have no readily available evidence of safety or effectiveness. The study, published online last...
View ArticleIrish Medicines Board Collaborating on Review of DePuy ASR Hip Injuries
As of this past September, about 3,500 DePuy ASR hips had been implanted in patients in Ireland. DePuy Orthopaedics, the maker of the metal-on-metal hip devices, is an orthopedic unit under Johnson...
View ArticleStudy: 2nd-Generation Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Devices Associated with...
New research reveals that second-generation metal-on-metal hip implants are associated with adverse reactions. The Japanese study found that two-thirds of surgeries involving cementless metal-on-metal...
View ArticleDePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Patient Undergoes Revison Surgery After Device Fails
An Arizona woman has filed a lawsuit over metal poisoning she alleges was caused by a DePuy Pinnacle hip implant she received in 2007. She is suing DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent company Johnson...
View ArticleBiomet Agrees to Hip Device Settlement of $56 Million
Biomet Inc., the medical device maker that manufactures the M2a-38 and the M2a-Magnum hip implants, just agreed to a $56 million settlement to end a multidistrict litigation (MDL) organized in 2012....
View ArticleUnusual Grouping of Symptoms Associated With Metal-on-Metal Hips
When an odd array of baffling symptoms are present in a patient, it is possible that metal-on-metal hips may be involved, according to reports of serious side effects that do not appear to be...
View ArticleBiomet Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant $56 Million Settlement Approved
In a multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving two metal hip implant devices made by Biomet Inc., federal judge Robert L. Miller Jr. has approved a two-part settlement for at least $56 million. Biomet...
View ArticleColorado Woman Files Lawsuit Over Failed Biomet M2a Hip Implant
A Colorado woman who suffered metal poisoning and other complications after hip replacement with a Biomet M2a metal-on-metal hip replacement device has filed a lawsuit alleging the device is defective...
View ArticleFamily Alleges Mother’s Fatal Brain Cancer Associated with DePuy ASR...
Before her death, a woman from India brought a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over its DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant device. She alleged the metal-on-metal hip device led to her deadly and...
View ArticleThe State of Oregon Wins a $4 Million Settlement Involving DePuy...
The Oregon Department of Justice just obtained a $4 million settlement over a lawsuit brought over Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. metal-on-metal hip implant device. The case involved...
View ArticleAttorney Says J&J Was Aware of Hip Implant Metal Poisoning Concern in 2001
In a lawsuit being tried in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Texas, an attorney said Johnson & Johnson knew in 2001 of concerns about metal poisoning with the DePuy Pinnacle artificial hip. Dr....
View ArticleStudy Finds No Evidence of Effectiveness and Safety of Newer Joint...
In light of the failure of articular surface replacement and large head size metal-on-metal joint replacement devices, scientists, doctors, and health policy professionals have highlighted the need for...
View ArticleJudge Rules Jurors in DePuy Hip Implant Trial Can Hear About Other Cases in...
On Monday, a Texas federal judge allowed the plaintiff in a bellwether trial against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit to tell jurors about the 6,500 other cases pending in multidistrict...
View ArticleEuropean Scientific Committee Urges Caution on Metal-on-Metal Hips
SCENHIR, the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks, has issued an opinion on the safety of metal-on-metal (MoM) joint replacement devices, with “particular...
View ArticleStryker Settles Hip Implant Cases at Expected Cost of $1 Billion
Stryker, a major manufacturer of hip replacement devices, said on Monday that it had reached a settlement in thousands of lawsuits involving now-recalled all-metal hip devices. The settlement could...
View ArticleNew Study Indicates Metals Increase Cardiometabolic Risks
A newly published study examines the distribution of metals exposure and potential associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in the Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS). The study...
View ArticleStryker Hip Settlement Enrollment Deadline Extended
The deadline for hip implant recipients to enroll in the Stryker Orthopaedics Rejuvenate Hip System settlement has been extended to March 30, 2015. Patients who received a recalled ABG II Modular Hip...
View ArticleStryker Hip Settlement Program Payments to Begin This Summer
Law firms representing patients in Stryker modular hip device litigation report that 95 percent of patients eligible for Stryker’s settlement program have enrolled and payments should begin later this...
View ArticleSpecialized CT Procedure Helpful in Identifying Cause of Unexplained Pain...
In a study published recently in the Journal of Arthroplasty, researchers demonstrated that single photon emission tomography/CT (SPECT-CT) can be useful in identifying the cause of unexplained pain in...
View ArticleSystemic Cobalt Toxicity From Chrome-Cobalt Hip Implants
A new research study synthesizes data on systemic arthroprosthetic cobaltism, a recently described syndrome that results from wear or corrosion of chrome-cobalt hip replacement components. This...
View ArticleNew Zealand Investigation Reveals Significant Defects in Metal-on-Metal Hip...
An investigation by the New Zealand Herald newspaper reveals significant defects in about half of the metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants received by thousands of New Zealanders about a decade ago. There...
View ArticleMicroPort Hip Replacement Device Under FDA Class 1 Recall
The MicroPort Orthopedics’ Profemur Long Cobalt Chrome 8 Degree Varus/Valgus Modular Neck device is under Class 1 recall from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA has assigned Class 1—its...
View ArticleMetals from Mother’s Hip Implant can be Passed on to Her Baby
In three babies born to mothers with metal-on-metal hip implants, doctors have found high chromium and cobalt in the infant’s umbilical cord blood. The metals had been produced by hip implant parts...
View ArticleDePuy Hip Implant Complications May be Due to Wrong Sizes, British Lawsuit...
A lawsuit filed in the United Kingdom alleges that faulty measuring may have caused complications in patients receiving the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant, Tech Times reports. The case,...
View ArticleBellwether DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial Underway in Texas
The outcome of a trial underway in federal court in Texas could affect the injury claims of thousands of people implanted with the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip replacement device. Five plaintiffs...
View ArticleHip Revision Expert Testifies at Bellwether DePuy Pinnacle Hip Trial
Expert testimony continues in the bellwether trial considering injury claims brought by people implanted with the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip replacement device. Five DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle...
View ArticleJurors Hear Expert Testimony in DePuy Pinnacle Trial
The bellwether trial over injuries allegedly caused by the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant continues in the Northern District of Texas. For the past four weeks, jurors have been hearing...
View ArticleExpert Testimony Continues in Week 6 of DePuy Pinnacle Bellwether Trial
Jurors in the Texas bellwether trial over injuries allegedly caused by the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant continue to hear expert testimony in week 6 of the trail. Federal Judge Ed Kinkeade...
View ArticleTestimony Continues in DePuy Pinnacle Bellwether Trial
A bellwether trial happening in the Northern District of Texas is focusing on injuries allegedly caused by the DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant. The outcome of this trial could...
View ArticleHip Implant Recipient Maintains $11 Million Award Should Stand
In a multidistrict litigation (MDL) bellwether trial, a recipient of an allegedly defective metal hip implant maintained that her suit against Wright Medical Technology, received a verdict that was...
View ArticleDefense Expert Witnesses Testify in Week 10 of DePuy Pinnacle Trial
Defense expert witnesses have been offering their testimony in week 10 of the bellwether trial involving the DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant. The plaintiffs in the case allege...
View ArticleA Texas Jury Returns A Nearly $500 Million Verdict in A DePuy Pinnacle Metal...
After two months of trial days and several days of deliberation, a Texas jury found in favor of five plaintiffs who alleged failure of DePuy Orthopaedic’s Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip device in the...
View ArticleHigh Failure Rate of Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement
The DePuy Pinnacle hip device sits inside a metal liner with a metal ball that works at the top of the thigh bone acting as a replacement socket. Dr. David Langton of the University Hospital of North...
View ArticleMetal-on-Metal Hip Replacements Implanted after 2006 are Researched for High...
A metal-on-metal hip device sits inside a metal liner with a metal ball that works at the top of the thigh bone (femoral head) and acts as a replacement socket. From 2006 on, implants had a higher risk...
View ArticleOctober 2017 Trial Expected in British Metal-on-Metal Hip Litigation
In one of Britain’s largest product liability group actions in recent years, lawyers for more than 600 individuals injured by early failure of metal-on-metal hip implants were in court recently for a...
View ArticleDePuy Orthopaedics Denied a Delay for September Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial
Texas federal Judge Ed Kinkeade has refused to delay the scheduled September trial in the ongoing multidistrict litigation involving DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants. DePuy...
View ArticleBiomet Faces New Lawsuit over Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant
Biomet is facing a new lawsuit alleging that its metal-on-metal hip implant is to blame for a New York woman’s injuries. The plaintiff is a 61-year-old woman who was implanted with the Biomet M2a...
View ArticleStryker Recalls Metal Hip Implant Component in Canada
Stryker Orthopaedics may be facing a new wave of litigation over a recently recalled metal hip implant component. The Stryker LFIT CoCr V40 femoral heads were recalled in Canada. According to an Aug....
View ArticlePlaintiffs in DePuy Pinnacle Litigation Say J&J Lied about Hip Implant Safety
On the first day of the third bellwether trial over the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal implants, jurors heard arguments that DePuy and parent company Johnson & Johnson deceived physicians and...
View ArticleStryker LFIT Metal-on-Metal Hip Component Safety Concerns
Stryker LFIT CoCr V40 Femoral Heads Recalled in Canada, “Hazard Alert” Issued in Australia Regulators in Canada and Australia recently took action regarding a metal-on-metal hip implant component, the...
View ArticleStryker Faces Mounting Defective Hip Implant Lawsuits
Medical device maker Stryker and other leading manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip implants have received thousands of complaints from both doctors and patients that their devices, including the...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Hit with $1 Billion Verdict in DePuy Pinnacle Hip Case
On November 30, a federal jury in Dallas, Texas ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to six plaintiffs who said they were injured by Pinnacle hip...
View ArticleStryker Hip Accolade and Rejuvenate Settlement Extended
Some Additional Plaintiffs Are Now Included in the Revised Stryker Settlement Agreement Patients implanted with specific Stryker hip replacements who were ineligible for the initial 2014 Stryker hip...
View ArticleAnother DePuy Pinnacle MoM Lawsuit Filed
Pinnacle Metallosis Lawsuits Added To Texas MDL A new lawsuit has been filed against DePuy Orthopedics and Johnson & Johnson over an allegedly failed Pinnacle Acetabular Cup system. DePuy...
View ArticleDefective Stryker Hip Implant Lawsuits Consolidate
In the interest of expedience, dozens of Stryker hip implant lawsuits will be consolidated as agreed upon by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). The transfer of nearly three...
View ArticleStryker Hip Implant Failure Lawsuits Update
State-Based Stryker Lawsuits Consolidated in New Jersey The New Jersey Supreme Court recently approved consolidation of all pending and future state-based hip replacement implant failure lawsuits...
View ArticleMixed Metals are Focus of Stryker LFIT V40 Hip Implant Litigation
The Stryker Corporation is facing parallel litigations in Boston and New Jersey defending its LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40 Femoral Head (Cobalt Chromium V40) with allegations that the metal-on-metal ball and...
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