DePuy hip implant lawsuits have been filed by people who have been injured by faulty DePuy hip implants. If you have a DePuy ASR Acetablular System, DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System or a DePuy Pinnacle Hip System and are having difficulties, please call us and learn your legal rights.  You may be able to participate in the DePuy Recall Lawsuit. 

• ASR XL Acetabular System
• DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System
• DePuy Pinnacle Hip System

The DePuy hip recall was necessitated by unusually high numbers of failures resulting from the above metal-on-metal hip systems.  The DePuy recall has affected thousands of patients, and now many need to have the device removed or replaced – usually a much more complicated surgery.

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• DePuy has hired a company (Broadspire) to minimize its liability
• Beware of Broadspire and any company that is working to help DePuy minimize your damages

DePuy released a public statement on August 26th, 2010, announcing the DePuy hip recall. DePuy hip implant lawsuits involving serious and permanent injuries have been filed.  The goal is to find out what DePuy knew about the risks and failure rates of its products, and whether the products they implanted in thousands of people were defective.  Should DePuy have known?  Should DePuy have warned doctors and patients of the failure rates earlier?  The truth will become known through the DePuy recall lawsuits.

DePuy hip implant lawsuits take into consideration that patients will have to go through a second “revision” surgery that wouldn’t have been necessary had the system not failed.

Please call our office for more information and let us advise you regarding your legal rights.  As with any legal matter, time is of the essence because there are applicable statutes of limitations.  These statutes bar claims that are brought after a certain amount of time.

You may be entitled to damages including reimbursement for medical expenses, income loss, disability, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life and pain and suffering.

The problem with the metal on metal hip replacements, such as the ASR and the Pinnacle, is that the metal parts rub against eachother, releasing metal ions into the body. This can lead to cobalt poisoning and metallosis, death of the surrounding tissue, and serious complications.

If you have received a hip replacement and it had to be replaced prematurely, you should contact our law firm for a free case evaluation. We handle cases nationwide and accept cases on a contingent fee basis, meaning we charge no fees unless we obtain a recovery for you.

Do I qualify for the DePuy lawsuit?
The DePuy recall has resulted in thousands of DePuy lawsuits being filed nationwide. If you had a hip replacement and don’t know what model it is, and that replacement needed to be replaced earlier than expected because it failed or caused significant problems, you should contact us for a free case evaluation.

How do I know if I had the right kind of hip replacement to participate in the DePuy lawsuit?
When the DePuy recall happened, they issued letters to doctors across the country. Your surgeon would have been alerted to the recall and should have contacted you about it so your health condition could be monitored. However, other hip replacements, particularly metal on metal replacements like the DePuy Pinnacle, are also failing at a high rate. Even though the DePuy Pinnacle has not been recalled yet, it may be recalled in the future. And it is important to remember that even though the company has not decided to recall a product, it does not mean that it is a safe product. Unfortunately, sometimes companies do put profits before people’s safety and they keep dangerous products on the market for as long as possible so they don’t hurt their sales.

Back in October of this year, the media was abound with the news of the DePuy recall. DePuy orthopedics, which is part of Johnson and Johnson, recalled two of the metal hip replacement systems that it had manufactured. These were the ASL XL Acetabular system and ASR hip resurfacing system.

If you do not already know, the main reason behind the DePuy recall was customer complaints. A good number of people who had them implanted complained that they did not last long. That they failed shortly after they had been implanted. Other patient lamented that the systems caused them pain around the groin area, the death of tissues on their hip joints and severe inflammation. There were problems due to metal toxicity. As a result, a majority of the patients would have to undergo a second surgery for hip replacement after a few years. Apart from being expensive the surgeries are painful and it takes long to recover. They wanted to be compensated for this.

When DePuy orthopedics made the DePuy recall, hundreds of individuals with the system implants filed lawsuits. They argued that the company was aware of the metal toxicity as well as the high failure rate of their systems well before they made the recalls yet they did not take any steps to warn their customers. Since thousands of individuals had already had the systems implanted, DePuy orthopedics anticipated a similar number of lawsuits. Accordingly, the company agreed to consolidate the lawsuits in what is a referred to as MDL or multi district litigation. This is a legal process that focuses on the common facts that litigants have.

If you or someone close to you have the recalled implants and has been suffering, it is time you sought the services of an attorney. The DePuy recall lawyer is the best person to talk to about your legal options and also your injuries. The attorneys are best placed to tell you if you qualify for compensation. For all your details to be forwarded to the attorney, you are required to fill out a form. It is only after reading through it that the lawyer can advise you on the way forward. The best place to find a DePuy hip implant attorney is the internet. A good number of them promote their services online.

Individuals who have the systems implants can access information on DePuy recall online. There are loads of sites with details of the recall including how to file a lawsuit. Still, other patients or your doctor could provide the information.

We are accepting clients in the following geographical areas:

New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Detroit, San Francisco, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, Austin, Columbus, Fort Worth, Charlotte, Memphis, Boston, Baltimore, El Paso, Seattle, Denver, Nashville, Milwaukee, Fort Lauderdale, Fremont, Riverside, San Bernardino, New Orleans, Buffalo, Salt Lake City, Rochester, Tampa, Tacoma, Bellevue, Washington DC, Las Vegas, Louisville, Portland, Oklahoma City, Tucson, Atlanta, Albuquerque, Kansas City, Fresno, St. Louis, Sacramento, Long Beach, Mesa, Omaha, Virginia Beach, Miami, Cleveland, Oakland, Raleigh, Colorado Springs, Tulsa, Minneapolis, Arlington, Honolulu, Alabama AL, Alaska AK, Arizona AZ, Arkansas AR, California CA, Colorado CO, Connecticut CT, Delaware DE, Florida FL, Georgia GA, Hawaii HI, Idaho ID, Illinois IL, Indiana IN, Iowa IA, Kansas KS, Kentucky KY, Louisiana LA, Maine ME, Maryland MD, Massachusetts MS, Michigan MI, Minnesota MN, Mississippi MS, Missouri MO, Montana MT, Nebraska NE, Nevada NE, New Hampshire NH, New Jersey NJ, New Mexico NM, New York NY, North Carolina NC, North Dakota ND, Ohio OH, Oklahoma OK, Oregon OR, Pennsylvania PA, Rhode Island RI, South Carolina SC, South Dakota SD, Tennessee TN, Texas TX, Utah UT, Vermont VT, Virginia VA, Washington WA, Washington D.C, West Virginia WV, Wisconsin WI and Wyoming WY.

The law in some states, requires the plaintiff to prove that:
There were no warnings regarding the dangers associated with the use of the product.
There was negligence in the design of the product
There was negligence in failure to recall or revise the product.

Under these restrictions for DePuy hip implant lawsuits, lawyers need to prove that, other than the fact that the product was found to be defective when it was in use, there was actual negligence in the design of the product.

DePuy hip implant lawsuits filed seek redress because DePuy failed to warn of the dangers inherent in their DePuy ASR Hip Replacement System; DePuy showed negligence in product deign and testing given that the approval was based on the claim that the system was similar to an earlier approved system, thereby foregoing rigorous testing; DePuy showed negligence in issuing a DePuy recall of the hip replacement system.

If you are a victim of the DePuy recall then the first step to take is to file a DePuy hip implant lawsuit. In order navigate all the legalese involved, contact an attorney that is conversant with DePuy hip implant lawsuits, who will then send you information on DePuy lawsuits and some paper work for you to fill out concerning your defective DePuy hip replacement implant. This should include a general questionnaire, a letter of medical authorization, a letter of representation and a contingency fee contract, which should clearly state that they only get paid if the DePuy hip implant lawsuit favors you.

Once the DePuy hip implant lawsuit is filed they should then guide you through a process known as discovery, where they gather information and evidence about your case. The process involves interrogatories (written answers to a set of questions), and/or depositions (Statements made under oath).

During the subsequent DePuy lawsuit, medical records relating to the problems that you underwent before and after the DePuy recall will be required. Many DePuy lawsuits have been settled out of court after the discovery phase. Should a settlement not be reached during discovery, your case will go on to trial.

DePuy ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System and ASR™ XL Acetabular System from DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. have been voluntarily pulled out of the market due to their high failure rates of 13% and 12% respectively. Problems started when people started requiring secondary surgeries and revisions – these were painful and expensive. Although DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has offered to provide for testing, doctor visits, and one replacement procedure associated with this recall, the company is not offering to compensate you for future surgeries, the fact that you will have more replacements in the future, the fact that each surgery causes damage to your body, pain and suffering, lost wages, or other damages.

To sue DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., you should contact a DePuy hip implant attorney. When choosing the lawyer for your Depuy hip implant lawsuit, there are specific qualities you should look for in a lawyer. This way, you will avoid such things as inadequate representation and getting scammed.

Your lawyer should be honest. A good lawyer should have experience with cases involving Depuy recall or related cases such as cases involving other pharmaceutical product recalls. The lawyer should have handled such cases successfully. Your lawyer should be a specialist in the field – even the best family lawyer in the country may not do much for your case.

A good lawyer is one who has good interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills. This will help with your relationship with the lawyer, but more importantly, it will help your case if it has to be settled out-of-court, as most such cases are. The lawyer should be bold because lawyers for pharmaceutical companies are notorious for the hawkish demeanor and behaviors. The lawyer should be able to command respect from his peers so that negotiations with DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. can be efficient and effective.

On August 26th 2010, a DePuy recall was issued for the company’s DePuy ASR Hip Replacement System. The DePuy recall sent chills down the spines of thousands of patients who were recipients of the DePuy implant.

Will the DePuy recall affect you?

If you had your DePuy hip replacement system implanted prior to 2003 then you will not be affected. In some countries like the UK, the medical regulator, Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), issued a statement advising that all patients who had the DePuy system implanted later than July 2003 be advised of the DePuy recall. In other countries it was left to individual surgeons to notify their patients as to which hip replacement system they had implanted. If you are not aware of the DePuy recall then it is very important that you contact your surgeon and ask them for information regarding the DePuy recall.

If you are not sure whether to respond to the DePuy recall, check and see if you are experiencing the following symptoms.
Swelling around the area that you had the replacement implanted.
Audible clicking sounds coming from the joint when you move it.
Pain and discomfort when walking, getting onto your feet from a seated position or when carrying heavy objects.
Any incidence of dislocation or feeling like your hip is loose or not in proper position
Any fractures in the area surrounding the implant. This may require an MRI or ultrasound scans.

If you have any or all of the above symptoms then it is obvious that you should respond to the DePuy recall and visit your surgeon who should review your case and see if you need a review surgery or simply better monitoring and management of your implant. Your surgeon should be able to do this by measuring cobalt and chromium levels in your blood and also doing an MRI or ultrasound to determine if there are fractures to your hip bone or damage to the surrounding soft tissue.

If you are affected by the DePuy recall, you may want to seek redress by filing a DePuy hip implant lawsuit. Consult a law firm that has experience and knowledge with DePuy hip implant lawsuits. DePuy has attempted to ask poorly informed patients to hand over their medical records together with a signed consent form prepared by DePuy or risk losing any compensation due to them because of the DePuy recall. This is an effort by DePuy to minimize compensation claims coming from victims of the DePuy recall when they file DePuy hip implant lawsuits.

DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson released a public statement on August 26th, 2010, announcing the DePuy hip recall. DePuy hip implant lawsuits involved injuries to, and loss of normal function of, the patient’s hip. The two systems involved in the DePuy recall were the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System.

DePuy hip implant lawsuits take into consideration that the DePuy recall meant that patients would have to go through a second “revision” surgery that wouldn’t have been necessary had the system not failed.

Although several DePuy hip implant lawsuits have been filed due to the DePuy recall. Attorneys dealing with cases related to the DePuy recall advise that any patient who has suffered due to the DePuy recall to file a DePuy hip implant lawsuit individually and not wait for a class action suit due to the fact that the Courts will not certify this type of case as a class action.

It was recently confirmed that although the company was aware of the failure of their system, for an extended period of time, they were slow in issuing a DePuy recall. Surgeons had indicated that the DePuy system had design flaws that were likely to cause failure and the company should have issued a DePuy recall sooner. The DePuy recall should have been made when these surgeons indicated that there was little or no evidence of the expected bone ingrowths; that the cup was shallow and easily became loose; and that there was evidence of metal shavings entering surrounding tissue resulting in inflammation of the hip area where the implant was inserted. Thousands of patients with the DePuy system had to bear unnecessary discomfort for a longer period of time and had to then go through painful revision surgery to remove and replace the defective implant. These are sufficient grounds for the filing of DePuy hip implant lawsuits.

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. has recently recalled some of its leading products, DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System and ASR XL Acetabular Cup System.. If you have received a second surgery after hip replacement using DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System and ASR XL Acetabular Cup System, you may be entitled to financial settlement for pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages and medical expenses. Joining the current DePuy lawsuit is not a class action lawsuit. There are several differences between the two types of lawsuits that you should understand.

In class action lawsuits, people bring a claim to the court collectively. These types of suits have their origin in the United States and although they have spread to other parts of the world, they are still predominantly a U.S. phenomenon. Class action lawsuits are sometimes advantageous over individual suits in that they bring down litigation costs since costs are divided among the different plaintiffs. Some lawyers handle all the expenses and only get a commission if they win the case. These lawyers even pay for such things as witnesses and evidence collection. However, in a case such as the DePuy lawsuit, the Courts would not certify the cases as a “class” and therefore the DePuy lawsuit is considered a “mass tort” where each individual lawsuit is brought separately. Although the cases are brought separately, they may be aggregated together into a single Court or several Courts around the country so that there are not thousands of different Courts making different inconsistent rulings.