The parent company of Depuy Orthopaedics, maker of the Pinnacle hip implant, is acknowledging that it will be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages because of the harm caused to patients by the implants. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month, Johnson Read more »
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Congress Wading Into Faulty Hip Implant Issue
by thegomezfirm October 28, 2011
Democratic members of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce recently asked the committee’s chairman to hold hearings on the dangers posed by metal-on-metal implants. In a letter to the chairman this month, the members state that metal-on-metal implants — like the Pinnacle hip implant manufactured by Depuy Read more »
Number of DePuy Pinnacle Implant Complaints Continues To Rise
by thegomezfirm
Complaints about the DePuy Orthopedics Pinnacle hip implant are continuing to roll into the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to FDA figures, 709 Adverse Event Reports were filed with the agency in July, August and September of this year. Of those, 201 were specific to the Pinnacle metal-on-metal version Read more »
More Than 50 DePuy Pinnacle Lawsuits Consolidated in Federal Court
by jessica August 25, 2011 » Add the first comment.
It was announced Tuesday that more than 50 individual lawsuits against DePuy Orthopedics regarding the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant have been consolidated into the DePuy Pinnacle multidistrict litigation (MDL). The cases are to be heard in front of U.S. District Court Judge James Kinkeade in the Northern District of Read more »
Hip Implant Complaints Continue to Rise
by jessica
As researchers are working on evaluating the health dangers associated with metal hip implants, the federal government is receiving a surge of complaints about failed hip replacements. The Food and Drug Administration has received over 5,000 complaints since January of this year about several metal-on-metal hip devices manufactured by Read more »
Dangers of DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
by jessica August 24, 2011 » Add the first comment.
Since 2000, many patients have received DePuy orthopaedic hip implants as part of a total hip replacement or a hip resurfacing procedure. DePuy has now recalled all of its ASR XL Acetabular Hip Systems and ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems. In addition, many individuals have also reported significant complications Read more »
DePuy Lawsuits on the Rise
by thegomezfirm August 2, 2011 » Add the first comment.
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The Gomez Law Firm
by thegomezfirm July 29, 2011 » Add the first comment.
The Gomez Law Firm represents victims of defective Depuy hip replacement systems nationally. We are an award-winning trial firm based in San Diego, California. We feature the 2006, 2008, and 2010 Trial Lawyers of the Year. We have been especially active and succesful in representing the victims of defective products. We Read more »
