Hip Replacement Lawsuit 2016

November 2016 240 million settlement to resolve 1 292 lawsuits october 2017 90 million to resolve about 600 remaining lawsuits.

Hip replacement lawsuit 2016.

The corrosion may cause the femoral head to break apart from the stem neck. In november 2016 wright medical reached a 240 million settlement agreement that resolved nearly 1 300 hip replacement lawsuits surrounding its faulty mom implants. Most hip implants have a single part that attaches to the thighbone. On december 1 2016 a texas jury ordered depuy synthes and johnson johnson to pay over 1 billionin compensation to six patients who claim to have been injured by a pinnacle hip replacement.

While it has not been recalled thousands of lawsuits have been filed by individuals who indicate they. Stryker paid 1 4 billion between 2014 and 2016 to settle more than 3 500 lawsuits over a pair of its metal on metal hip replacements. Hip replacement recall list 2016 update recent years have seen thousands of lawsuits filed by plaintiffs injury attorneys against metal hip product manufacturers. More than 29 000 lawsuits have been filed against hip manufacturers including stryker and depuy.

Hip replacement lawsuits are being filed by people facing serious complications from their hip replacement devices. Companies have paid more than 7 billion in settlements and verdicts. People harmed by the devices allege that the companies who recalled the products knew about their faulty designs or failed to warn patients of the risks of the implant. The depuy pinnacle is another metal on metal hip replacement system similar to the depuy asr.

All of the wright hip replacement lawsuits were settled in two different settlements. To date the latest hip implant recall information includes. Several metal on metal hips have been recalled. December 05 2016 a federal jury in dallas recently ordered johnson johnson and its subsidiary depuy orthopedics to pay more than 1 billion in damages to six plaintiffs who were found to have.

The lfit v40 femoral head is a hip replacement component that was recalled in 2016 over reports of taper lock failure. However the agreement only settled about half the claims filed against the company leaving hundreds more pending.