Metal Hip Implants Legal News Articles & Interviews

Ashton, ML:Grant has been living with constant pain—and oxycontin—since getting a hip replacement in 2007. “In this day and age nobody should have to walk around in chronic pain,” he says.

Dallas, TX: The latest hip replacement litigation news is the DePuy Pinnacle trials, slated for late September in Dallas federal Court, Northern District. “This is the last big group of hip cases going to trial with the exception of Johnson & Johnson,” says attorney and practicing cardiologist Shezad Malik. “We are hopeful that a successful and sizable verdict on this third bellwether trial may push J&J to the settlement table.”

Dallas, TX: When pharmaceutical and medical device giant Johnson & Johnson lost the second DePuy Pinnacle defective hip bellwether lawsuit and was ordered to pay $502 million in damages, attorneys for the defendant opined at the time that an appeal would be launched with dispatch.

New York, NY The medical community is expressing concern over severe tissue injury and bone damage resulting from metal on metal hip replacements. Notwithstanding the severity of pain and inconvenience experienced by people who have suffered health problems after receiving this type of implant, it could be a significant problem in terms of the number of people affected.