A Georgia woman who suffered hip implant failure and was forced to undergo revision surgery has filed a lawsuit charging that manufacturer DePuy Orthopaedics knew of the ASR hip's flaws before her initial surgery but did not warn her, her physician, the public, or the... Read More

A Washington plaintiff has become the latest to file a DePuy lawsuit after he submitted his case on the 8th of May 2012. Larry Vanyi is a resident of Washington state and allegedly experienced complications that will necessitate revision surgery after being implanted with the... Read More

The early stages of the pending DePuy Pinnacle Hip MDL are proceeding smoothly. Following an April 25, 2012 meeting of U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade and each side's Pinnacle hip lawyer, the judge indicated that within six weeks, a case management outline for managing the... Read More

A DePuy hip plaintiff has requested that her lawsuit be moved from the Ohio multidistrict litigation case that is currently taking place surrounding hip replacement lawsuits back to the Eastern District of Ohio, where she lives. Plaintiff Deborah Wallace filed her DePuy lawsuit with the... Read More

Yet another plaintiff has filed a lawsuit against the medical device manufacturer relating to complications from Zimmer hip implant. In the lawsuit filed on January 18, 2012, California resident Douglas Thompson claims that due to the defective design of his implant, he was forced to... Read More

After years of lawsuits filed over complications from DePuy hip implants, the first DePuy ASR lawsuit has been given a trial date: December 3, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lawsuit was jointly filed by three plaintiffs, all of whom claim to have suffered serious... Read More

Despite mounting litigation against the orthopedics manufacturing giant, Zimmer Orthopedics has actually reported an increase in profits for the first quarter of this year. According to Fox Business, in the first quarter of 2011 Zimmer reported a profit of $208.9 million, and this year they... Read More

A couple who filed a DePuy hip lawsuit after the wife experienced serious complications, saw their lawsuit thrown out after it was decided that there was a lack of jurisdiction involved. The lawsuit was originally filed by California residents Marjorie and Cliff Franks with the... Read More