Hip Replacement System

June 24, 2017

California Smith and Nephew Birmingham hip failure

California Smith and Nephew Birmingham hip failure. Gary Lunsford from Riverbank, California filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit against Smith & Nephew.

Smith & Nephew Birmingham hip failure linked to design defect causing personal injury, metallosis, pain and need for risky revision surgery according to lawsuits

According to Lunsford, catastrophic product defect issues with the Birmingham Hip failure that were hidden from patients and doctors for years, leading to many folks getting implanted with a defective and unreasonably dangerous hip implant.

May 12, 2017

Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing premature hip failure

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing premature hip failure. Many metal hip manufacturers have been under fire for the past decade over the premature failure of their metal on metal hip designs.

Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing premature hip failure. Smith & Nephew under fire over its BHR line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and pseudotumors.

Smith & Nephew Urgent Field Safety Recall Notice

April 6, 2017

Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Failure Lawsuits heading to Maryland

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Failure Lawsuits. Injured patients blame Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) and R3 hip replacement implants for their injuries and premature device failure. These plaintiffs filed a petition in early February with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all pending federal BHR and R3 cases in a single venue or courthouse.

Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Failure Lawsuits. Smith & Nephew under fire over its BHR line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and pseudotumors.

Earlier this week the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced that all federally-filed Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing lawsuits will be transferred to U.S. District Court in Maryland, for pre-trial consolidation and centralization.

March 10, 2017

Stryker Metal Hip Recall

by Dr. Shezad Malik

There is a quiet Stryker Metal Hip Recall underway, without much fan-fare after complications were highlighted by a significant number of early hip implant failures were found in national registries and in medical studies.

Stryker Metal Hip Failure. Stryker under fire over its LFIT line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and premature failure according to lawsuits

Howmedica Osteonics Corp., and its subsidiary Stryker Orthopaedics, announced a Stryker LFit v40 hip recall last year involving certain large-diameter femoral heads sold before 2011.

February 23, 2017

Stryker Hip Failure

by Dr. Shezad Malik

I am providing this Stryker Hip Failure update for victimized patients injured by the allegedly defective Stryker Rejuvenate, ABG II and most recently the Stryker LFIT V40 line of metal on metal hips.

Stryker Hip Failure. Stryker under fire over its LFIT line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and premature failure according to lawsuits

Howmedica Osteonics and its subsidiary Stryker are one of the world’s largest metal on metal hip manufacturers, according to research with about 20% of the global market share.

January 19, 2017

Stryker Metal Hip Failure, Recall and Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Metal on metal hip implants have been around for the past two decades but they have been plagued with early failure, metal poisoning, tissue destruction and finally the need for painful replacement surgery.

Metal on metal hip implants have a high failure rate including those manufactured by Biomet, DePuy, Encore, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Wright and Zimmer.

Now Howmedica Osteonics and its subsidiary Stryker have the dubious honor of being the latest metal on metal hip manufacturer to join the metal hip failure rogues gallery.

January 13, 2017

DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip Texas Trial

by Dr. Shezad Malik

DePuy Pinnacle metal on metal hip Texas trial update. A federal jury in Dallas recently ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary unit to pay more than $1 billion to six plaintiffs who claimed that they were injured by their line of Pinnacle metal on metal hip implants.

The jurors found that the Pinnacle hip implants were defectively designed and that the companies failed to warn patients about the risks of serious complications including metallosis (metal poisoning) and the early failure of these devices.

DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip 9,000 Federal Lawsuits and counting

January 4, 2016

Wright Conserve Metal on Metal Hip Replacement Verdict

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The manufacturers of the Wright Conserve metal on metal hip implant were hammered in a recent personal injury and defective product liability trial. The Georgia federal jury awarded $11 million to Robyn Christiansen, in the first bellwether Wright Conserve hip replacement lawsuit to go to trial.

$10 Million Punitive Damages

The jury awarded $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages, which is designed to punish the Wright Conserve hip replacement manufacturer for gross negligence for recklessly disregarding the safety of hip patients.

Over 500 Wright Conserve Hip Implant Lawsuits

Wright Conserve hip replacement manufacture is exposed to more than 530 personal injury and product liability lawsuits. Plaintiffs claim that patients suffered serious and catastrophic hip failures from the metal-on-metal design was unreasonably dangerous and defective.

Wright Conserve Hip Lawsuit Allegations

According to the lawsuits, the metal-on-metal hip leads to metallic debris to be released during the grinding action between the metal cup and metal ball, which causes early implant failure. Some complications include premature device failure, loosening, metal poisoning and metallosis and severe pain.

Artificial hip replacements are expected to last at least 15 to 20 years, but Christiansen’s Wright Conserve hip implant failed after only six years, resulting in the need for major revision surgery.

February 19, 2015

DePuy ASR Hip Implant $2.5 M Oklahoma Verdict

by Dr. Shezad Malik

In the most recent DePuy ASR defective metal hip trial, an Oklahoma woman has been awarded $2.5 million after suffering metal blood poisoning or metallosis from DePuy ASR hip replacements.

Andrea Smith, received ASR hip implants on each side in October 2006 and February 2007. Smith’s blamed DePuy in her lawsuit, claiming that she had to undergo revision surgery to have the implants removed in 2011 and 2012, after being diagnosed with high levels of Cobalt and Chromium metal ions in her blood.

January 10, 2015

Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Settlement 2015 Update

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II artificial hip metal implant global settlement which was announced in November 2014, appears to finally be gaining some traction as the policy and settlement procedures are being set down.

Stryker Corp. agreed in November to pay more than $1 billion to settle lawsuits over thousands of hip implants recalled in 2012 after patients complained of early hip implant failure, pain, and metal debris causing metallosis from the devices.

Stryker Hip Implant Settlement Details