The first DePuy Pinnacle hip trial is now underway in Texas, offering a sneak peek into how juries might respond to hundreds of other lawsuits involving the DePuy Pinnacle hip in the future. This bellwether is the first of more than 6,000 complaints currently pending... Read More

ASR hip implant plaintiffs may soon be recovering funds under the terms of the DePuy hip settlement, according to a status report released last month. Legal counsel for DePuy indicates that just over 98 percent of eligible ASR hip recipients have enrolled in the settlement program,... Read More

Following the voluntary Stryker hip recall of 2012, which pulled ABG II and Rejuvenate hip replacement systems off the market, thousands of affected patients sought legal recourse in an attempt to recover damages for pain, suffering, medical costs and lost income incurred. In the past... Read More

Dangerous and potentially defective medical devices continue to injure thousands of unsuspecting Americans each year. Faulty or poorly designed knee and hip replacements as well as transvaginal mesh implants have been tied to debilitating health problems, and spurred a wave of products liability litigation across... Read More

 In response to premature failure rates and the risk of serious medical complications, at least five plaintiffs have recently filed Accolade hip lawsuits against Stryker Orthopaedics. The Stryker hip lawsuits were filed in the Bergen County Superior Court in New Jersey on May 20, 2014.... Read More

Since the DePuy ASR recall in 2010, a slew of product liability lawsuits alleging severe and permanent injuries have inundated the court system. To date, more than 12,000 plaintiffs have sued DePuy Orthopaedics after suffering catastrophic failure with the ASR XL Acetabular Hip – a... Read More

In an effort to encourage continued settlements of Stryker hip recall lawsuits in federal court, the judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation (MDL) has issued an order for a group of attorneys to work with lawyers representing plaintiffs in New Jersey state court. Although there... Read More

Stryker Rejuvenate hip settlements are likely to continue as the more than 1,500 lawsuits draw nearer to trial. About 954 cases have been filed in the New Jersey state court, which is where the hip manufacturer is based. Approximately 600 lawsuits were filed in federal... Read More