The California plaintiffs in a new DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement lawsuit who had requested that their case be excluded from the MDL and assigned instead to state court were disappointed recently when the judge denied their request. The judge has ruled that the lawsuit will... Read More

In 2008, Douglas Sutphin of Encinitas, California had DePuy hip surgery involving a total hip replacement in which he was fitted with the DePuy ASR Acetabular hip system. The hip replacement was supposed to solve his hip problems. Instead, over the following two years, he... Read More

DePuy multidistrict litigation (MDL) is progressing as a status conference was held last month in West Palm Beach to discuss issues including bellwether trials and later status conferences.  The conference followed a March 15th conference between lead counsel for both DePuy and the plaintiffs regarding... Read More

U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo has granted Idaho residents Douglas and Noreen Davis an extension to negotiate settlement in their lawsuit seeking compensation for Zimmer hip injuries. The Davis’s filed their lawsuit against Zimmer Holdings, Inc., claiming that the company’s Durom Cup hip implant... Read More

A new DePuy hip lawsuit charges that the ASR hip implant device recalled in 2010 was “too challenging” for orthopedic surgeons to implant properly, and that DePuy knew of these problems long before recalling the device. The lawsuit was filed by Mitchell Chestang on May... Read More

Federal lawsuits dealing with the DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement system and complications thereof were consolidated into a multidistrict litigation lawsuit in May of 2011. More than 1,600 cases are currently consolidated in the multidistrict litigation case, where they are pending. The MDL is located in... Read More

In May 2012, the multidistrict litigation against DePuy Orthopaedics welcomed a new DePuy hip lawsuit. The plaintiff, a resident of Texas, claims to have sustained injuries from her ASR hip implant, which was recalled in August 2010. As a result of the allegedly faulty device,... Read More

In yet another DePuy hip replacement lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Texas, plaintiff Stephen Dembrowski is suing the manufacturer of his Pinnacle hip replacement implant for compensatory, exemplary and punitive damages relating to his medical expenses, lost wages and costs of physical therapy... Read More