Plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against DePuy typically claim that the manufacturer failed to warn of the risks associated with the ASR, including premature loosening and potential metal contamination. Many also blame device designer Thomas P. Schmalzried, M.D. for promoting the ASR and failing to identify... Read More

Although filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the case of a karate enthusiast who had a series of problems with the Zimmer hip replacement may be eligible to join the Zimmer hip multidistrict litigation (MDL) in District Court of New Jersey. Plaintiffs seeking... Read More

To improve their ability to follow-up on medical devices after they’ve been released on the market and to create prompter recalls when necessary, the FDA proposed a plan to create a new system that would assign a unique identification number to each high-risk medical device.... Read More

Utah resident Marlo Llewellyn has filed a DePuy lawsuit which is being added to the DePuy MDL. The MDL is located in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, and is being overseen by Judge David A. Katz. Llewellyn used the short... Read More

According to her complaint filed on July 3, 2012 in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco, Vickie Elson was implanted with the DePuy Pinnacle System in her right hip in July of 2007. Her DePuy hip attorney filed the... Read More

A DePuy Pinnacle lawsuit charges that the Pinnacle hip was put on the market and implanted in unsuspecting patients without first undergoing necessary safety testing. The lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Darrell G. Arington, who is the executor of the estate of Wilma J. Arington.... Read More

With studies revealing the risks of metal-on-metal hip implants, and numerous lawsuits being filed by patients over complications from Zimmer hip implants and other metal hip replacement devices, the FDA recently held a two-day panel to “discuss recent information on these devices so that the... Read More

Upon their development, metal-on-metal hip implants such as the DePuy ASR were first marketed as being more long-lasting, flexible and durable than their metal-plastic/metal-ceramic counterparts. In the early years following their release patients reported complications requiring hip revision surgery and experienced DePuy hip failure. The... Read More