With their lawsuit, Charles Dowdy III and Erica Dowdy of New Mexico are demanding that Stryker Orthopaedics be held liable for damages arising from the allegedly defective hip implant, the Stryker Rejuvenate ABG II device. The plaintiffs are demanding punitive damages arguing that the defendants’ actions were “willful, wanton, reckless, fraudulent,... Read more »

Elevated metal levels in the bloodstream have left a hip replacement patient vulnerable to numerous health risks, a new Stryker hip lawsuit claims. The plaintiffs in the complaint state that they were unaware of the risks prior to hip replacement surgery but now are faced with concerns that elevated chromium... Read more »

Zimmer Inc. has lost its first case involving the Durom Cup hip replacement. Last week, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ordered the device manufacturer to pay plaintiff Gary Kline $9.2 million. The jury found Zimmer liable on claims of failure to warn and defective design before handing down their... Read more »

A resident of Contra Costa County, California has filed a class action Depuy hip lawsuit against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, John Muir Health, and the doctor who performed his Pinnacle hip implant surgery. John Muldoon claims that a class action lawsuit is called for because the class is believed to... Read more »

On July 1, 2015, Linda L. Thompson of Washington filed a lawsuit regarding her Stryker hip replacement device. The complaint names Howmedica Osteonics doing business as Stryker Orthopaedics as defendants. The lawsuit is a short form complaint filed directly in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2441, which is proceeding in... Read more »

After a two-week trial in a California Superior Court, a jury awarded $4.5 million to Alan Warner, who had filed his Wright hip failure lawsuit alleging injuries and economic losses. Warner alleged that although the Wright Profemur R hip implant he received was supposed to have an average lifespan of 15 to... Read more »

One of more than 1,200 Wright hip lawsuits alleging complications from the Profemur replacement system is being tried before a state jury in California Superior Court. The case, brought by Alan Warner, levels counts of failure to warn, design defects and breach of warranty against Wright Medical Group. On May... Read more »

A plaintiff who filed a DePuy hip lawsuit in New Jersey alleges her Pinnacle hip system left her with severe injuries, permanent debility and concerns over additional revision surgeries in the future. The plaintiff’s husband is also listed on the complaint, claiming he has lost the “society, companionship and conjugal relationship”... Read more »

In a decision that greatly impacts Stryker and its subsidiary Howmedica Osteonics for years to come, a federal judge ruled on April 17, 2015 that plaintiffs who underwent revision surgery after filing a Stryker hip lawsuit can now file a Notice of Revision Surgery that will amend the plaintiff’s prior pleadings in... Read more »

Joseph E. Kirkland was a recipient of the Durom Acetabular Component, or Durom Cup, a hip implant designed and manufactured by Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Now, he’s suing Zimmer for what he calls defects that “presented an unreasonably dangerous risk.” Kirkland claims that the allegedly defective Durom Cup hip failed prematurely,... Read more »