Nearly 20% of all hip replacements and 10% of knee replacements done each year are secondary revision surgeries to replace defective devices, according to Consumer Reports. Knee and hip replacement complications such as infection, bone loss, device loosening, dislocation and longer hospital stays are more common... Read More

On September 20, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge David A. Katz issued an order that delayed a bellwether trial in the DePuy ASR multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2197. The complaint is one of more than 8,200 DePuy ASR hip lawsuits centralized in the MDL, which is... Read More

As part of the global DePuy ASR hip recall, Johnson & Johnson pulled 93,000 of its faulty metal-on-metal implants off the market in 2010, including at least 37,000 in the United States. Now, legal insiders tell Bloomberg that J&J is considering paying more than $3... Read More

Stryker hip lawsuit settlements may be reached by plaintiffs and defendants during mediation that was recently mandated by New Jersey Judge Brian R. Martinotti for a group of 10 Rejuvenate cases currently pending in the multi-county litigation. The MCL was created on January 15, 2013 to... Read More

A federal judge has refused a request from the manufacturer to dismiss a Biomet hip lawsuit on the grounds of federal preemption. The complaint was brought by a man forced to undergo multiple revision surgeries after his hip replacement failed, allegedly causing bone and tissue... Read More

A Stryker Trident hip lawsuit that was originally filed in California Superior Court has been moved to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, according to recent court documents. The plaintiff claims in her products liability suit that she was harmed by a defective Stryker... Read More

Judge David Katz recently ruled on several motions regarding a lawsuit in the DePuy multidistrict litigation (MDL), which is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The MDL consolidates federal DePuy ASR hip lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who allege problems with the... Read More

Anna M. Robare is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut against Howmedica Osteonics Corporation and Stryker Corporation. Ms. Robare alleges that the Stryker Corporation was negligent in the design, manufacturing and marketing of their Stryker Rejuvenate Modular Hip... Read More