Metal-on-Metal Hip Lawsuits Update. Understanding the Implications and Outcomes The medical community hailed metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants as a revolutionary development for patients requiring hip replacements. However, over time, several concerns arose about these implants, leading to numerous lawsuits against manufacturers. This article delves into the background, health concerns, and legal implications surrounding metal-on-metal hip […]
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Defective Metal Hip Recall and Replacement
Defective Metal Hip Recall and Replacement. From the early 2000’s there was a trend to using metal-on-metal hip replacements for degenerative hip disease, and unfortunately, these metal implants can cause permanent physical damage to patients. Metal debris causes local and generalized injury Many medical studies have shown that the metal debris that leaches out from […]
Zimmer Hip M/L Taper failure Lawsuits
Zimmer Hip M/L Taper failure Lawsuits. Sadly, many metal on metal hip replacement systems and hip parts that were implanted in recent years have been associated with high failure rates and other serious complications. Recently, Donald Fletcher from California claims that problems following a metal hip replacement were caused by defects with the Zimmer M/L Taper […]
Failing Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Lawsuits gaining traction
Failing Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Lawsuits gaining traction. As the U.S. population continues to age, degenerative hip joint disease from a variety of causes has become more common-place. Orthopedic doctors and hip implant companies over the past several decades of trial and error have developed metal hip designs that were supposed to last for many […]
Smith & Nephew Metal Hip Implant Injury Update
Smith & Nephew Metal Hip Implant Injury Update. As another anniversary date of the earth’s rotation around the Sun has passed, comes timely news regarding the product liability metal hip lawsuits against Smith & Nephew. As readers of the blog will note, the lawsuits against Smith and Nephew are for the allegedly defective Birmingham Hip […]
Birmingham Hip Implant Resurfacing Lawsuit News
Birmingham Hip Implant Resurfacing Lawsuit News. Over the past ten years, metal on metal (MOM) hip implants have been under fire over their increased risk of premature failure and serious complications of metal poisoning and localized hip soft tissue reactions causing pseudotumors. Scope of the Hip Implant Problems Metal hip replacement devices are expected to […]
Smith & Nephew hip lawsuit settlement
Smith & Nephew hip lawsuit settlement. Over the past ten years, metal on metal (MOM) hip implants have been criticized over their increased risk of premature failure and another serious complication known as metallosis. Metal hip replacement devices are expected to last 10 years or more. Now it is discovered that some newer-generation hip replacement […]
Shoulder Implant Failure
Shoulder implant failure in the news. First it was the hip implant failures, then the knee implant failures and now the shoulder implants have come under fire. Zimmer Biomet, a major manufacturer of shoulder implants, announced a U.S. recall of its shoulder devices after many complaints of shoulder fractures causing severe pain, permanent loss of […]
Florida Stryker Hip Metal Poisoning Lawsuit
Francis Hassett, from Florida claims he developed damaging metal poisoning after hip implant replacements with a Stryker Accolade TMZF femoral stem and LFit V40 femoral head. According to Hassett, his Stryker defective hip implants caused a dangerous level of cobalt and chromium metal ions in his body, and a serious fluid leakage around the artificial […]
Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Lawsuits heading to MDL
Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Lawsuits heading to MDL. The plaintiffs injured by a Smith and Nephew Birmingham hip (BHR) and R3 hip premature failure have filed a petition with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on February 1, 2017 to consolidate all pending federal BHR and R3 cases in a single venue or courthouse. There […]