A recent study indicates that people with hip or knee replacements who were younger than 70 years of age at the time of surgery are at higher risk of needing revision surgery than those who were older than 70. Revision surgery after a failed joint implant either replaces the hip... Read more »

A jury has awarded five plaintiffs $500 million after determining Pinnacle hip devices manufactured by Johnson & Johnson were defective and the company failed to warn about potential risks associated with their devices. This marks the second Pinnacle hip implant trial, and 8,000 other cases are still pending in federal court. Plaintiffs... Read more »

Measuring errors at a manufacturing plant in England have left thousands of hip implant recipients vulnerable to the possibility of injury and early implant failure. DePuy Orthopedics has admitted errors in the manufacturing of some of its metal-on-metal implants at a Yorkshire factory and now faces questions from patients and... Read more »

Permanent bone and tissue damage due to metal debris is the allegation made by a plaintiff who recently filed a lawsuit against Biomet. The plaintiff claims the faulty nature of her Biomet metal-on-metal hip led to injuries and the need for revision surgery just a few short years after her initial... Read more »

On December 21, a woman scored a major victory over Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary, when a jury found the manufacturer liable for gross negligence and reckless disregard for the safety of consumers for its Prolift vaginal mesh product. $12.5 million mesh verdict A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury awarded... Read more »

With a high rate of early failure and revision surgeries, now patients with Stryker Rejuvenate hip systems have another concern. A new study has found a high rate of complications after Stryker Rejuvenate revision surgery, indicating that simply replacing the device might not be an end to the patient’s difficulties.... Read more »

A jury awarded $11 million to the plaintiff in the first bellwether trial involving the Wright Conserve hip replacement system. The verdict comes as other trials are about to get underway, with more than 500 lawsuits pending against Wright in federal court in Georgia. These early trials provide valuable insight... Read more »

On October 7, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana alleging severe injuries caused by pelvic mesh products known as InteXen and the BioArc Trans Obsturator Subfacial Hammock, both of which are implanted to help curtail the effects of stress urinary incontinence... Read more »

A Texas man is suing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics based on allegations that the defendants designed, manufactured and promoted an inherently dangerous and defective prosthesis, without conducting rigorous pre-market tests. Plaintiff Steven Price was implanted with the Pinnacle hip replacement with an UltametTM liner – a... Read more »

Plaintiff Wendy Huston has suffered debilitating injuries and financial losses that she claims are a direct and proximate result of being implanted with the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement. She is now suing the manufacturer on counts of intentional misrepresentation, negligence, constructive fraud, manufacturing defect, unjust enrichment and failure to... Read more »