The Outbreak Hip Continues

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Posted By: Adriano September 12, 2015

The outbreak of early metal on metal hip implant breakdown continues at an alarming speed.

ASR Metallosis Harm AttorneyTotal Amount of DePuy ASR Resolutions Surpasses Cases 9,400

This new agreement expands the deal to contain remembered ASR implants that were revised as of January 31, 2015.

J&J had initially consented to settle about 8,000 ASR litigation cases, that people brought when their hip replacement neglected and had to be removed prior to August 31, 2013. The first deal left several thousand DePuy ASR hip suits in limbo.

J&J DePuy ASR Resolution Details

Patients who developed “outstanding harms”, and complications related to the revision operation, may also get additional damages and all medical expenses will likely be covered by producer.

Tens of thousands of Hips ASR Defective J&J in Americans

Regardless of the resolutions, there are a large number of individuals throughout the U.S. who still have a faulty planted DePuy ASR hip. It’s projected that as many as 30,000 ASR hips were planted in the U.S. prior to the world wide recall.

August 2010 Recall ASR J&J

The metal-on-alloy implant was remembered in August 2010, due to a high speed of failures related to the design that is defective. This faulty hip discharged cobalt and chromium metallic debris into the hip joint as well as the body as the parts grind against each other during regular use. This build-up of heavy metals is known as metallosis.

DePuy ASR Hip Failure Rate

More recent data has indicated the DePuy hip failure rate could be considerably higher, ending up in the 35% to 45% range.

Latest $2.5M Oklahoma Jury Verdict

Andrea Smith, from Oklahoma has been granted $2.5 million after enduring alloy blood poisoning from DePuy ASR hip replacements. The state court jury found the DePuy ASR hip to be unreasonably dangerous and defective.

Smith, received ASR hip implants on each and every side in February 2007 and October 2006. Based on Smith, after elevated rates of Cobalt and Chromium metal ions were found in her blood, she needed to undergo revision surgery to get the implants removed in 2011 and 2012.

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More Than 7,700 J&J DePuy Suits Hip Pinnacle

Continues is J&J to deny, delay and defend thousands of cases involving similar metallosis issues from the failure and early DePuy Pinnacle hip. The DePuy Pinnacle is an older version that has a substantially similar metal-on-metal layout.

There are more than 7,700 DePuy Pinnacle hip suits pending throughout the U.S.

DePuy Pinnacle Bellwether Trials

Ten distinct cases which were chosen to be ready for early trial dates have been identified by the Dallas court. The trials help the parties estimate juries may react to similar evidence and testimony that’s repeated through the entire litigation.

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