The manufacturers of hip replacement systems that have caused hundreds of patients to suffer complications and undergo revision surgeries have been the subject of a number of lawsuits centered around their products. Stryker's Rejuvenate and ABG II hip replacement systems have been linked to so... Read More

After receiving more than 5,000 complaints of negative reactions, the FDA began analyzing the safety and potential risks of all-metal hip implants. The complaints have alleged problems with the devices and led sufferers to contact a Zimmer hip lawyer to seek compensation for their injuries.... Read More

A Safety Communication was issued by the FDA on January 17, 2013 warning the medical community and consumers of possible problems with metal-on-metal hip implants. These types of implant designs have been connected to problems suffered by its recipients and resulted in many contacting a... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration issued a recent safety communication on January 17, 2013, regarding metal-on-metal hip replacement systems. With this announcement, the agency is updating their evaluation of potential complications associating with these devices, and notes that all-metal implants could be risky because of... Read More

The first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit went to trial on January 7, 2013 in Maryland state court, but was dismissed the next day. In addition to naming as defendants DePuy Orthopaedics and affiliates, the lawsuit had also brought counts against in-state defendant Chesapeake Surgical Ltd.... Read More

A Stryker hip lawyer filed a lawsuit on October 22, 2012, on behalf of California resident Shelley Wilson in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California. The defendants in the case are Stryker Orthopaedics and Howmedica Osteonics, Corp.; on January 9, 2013,... Read More

A new lawsuit was filed by a DePuy hip lawyer on behalf of Pennsylvania resident William Goosley on January 8, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas). Goosley had a total hip arthroplasty procedure on September 20, 2006 in... Read More