As we age, it is normal that our bodies begin to deteriorate. Common areas prone to deterioration are the joints, i.e. knees, hips, etc. Wear and tear on these parts of the body can cause pain, stiffness, and difficulty walking. Physicians typically prescribe conservative treatment such as physical therapy, exercise…
Stryker, a company that makes artificial hip implants, has reached a settlement to resolve thousands of products liability lawsuits over the now-recalled medical devices. The deal is expected to cost the manufacturer approximately $1.43 billion. The agreement covers patients who were implanted with the ABG II Modular-Neck or the Rejuvenate…
With a Monday, January 6, 2014 deadline looming for people looking to avail of a multibillion-dollar DePuy ASR settlement deadline, many of those who were forced to undergo revision surgery to replace their faulty hip implants are rushing to meet the deadline to register their claim. That said, there will…
When implanted medical devices cause injuries to a patient, are improperly labeled or defectively manufactured, or otherwise fail after being implanted, a device manufacturer or the Federal Drug Administration will initiate a recall. Too often though, these recalls come after there have been hundreds of complaints filed by injured patients.…
Lisa Lincoln has filed the first federal Stryker ABGII hip lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Her complaint comes nearly one year after Stryker recalled its Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II hip implant parts because of possible risks, such as corrosion/fretting of/around the modular-neck stems.…
A California jury ruled on March 8, 2013 that DePuy Orthopaedics knowingly produced and marketed a defective hip replacement device known as the DePuy ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System. The basis of the verdict was that DePuy (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) failed to warn consumers of the dangerous effects…
Loren Kransky was awarded $8.3 million in a court settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. for injuries, expenses, and damages he encountered relative to the DePuy ASR™ XL metal-on-metal hip replacement he received in 2007. This is the first of over 10,000 lawsuits that have…
At Altman & Altman, LLP, our hip implant defect lawyers represent clients throughout the US that have been injured because of faulty or dangerous medical devices. One of these devices, the Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement system, is causing many patients post-implant complications. Unlike many of the other hip replacement devices…
The first defective medical device lawsuit over a DePuy hip implant has gone to trial. The plaintiff, Loren Kransky, is seeking damages for injuries he says he sustained from the faulty replacement system. The retired prison guard contends that debris from the implant’s metal parts caused metal ions to enter…
Marcia and Peter Scherone have filed a hip implant defect lawsuit against Zimmer Holdings Inc. They contend that Marcia sustained femur fractures because she had been fitted with a Zimmer hip implant that was defective, As a result, they claim, she had to undergo over six revision surgeries to fix…