From All Over the Country: Hip Implant Lawsuits Filed

Manufacturers of hip implants have been the subject of legal claims
filed by recipients of defective prosthetic hips from a lot of
different places in the country. A division of Johnson and Johnson,
DePuy Orthopaedics is facing lots of product liability claims for the
ASR Hip Resurfacing System and the ASR XL Acetabular System.

These hip replacement systems were found to be defective, even having
results opposite to their purpose. Even three months after the implant
procedure, some have reported to have unendurable pain, worse, there
are reports that the implants were even dislodged from their
fastenings. The product has been investigated due to these complaints
and what they found out was that the working part of the product which
includes the ball and socket joint was rubbing against each other.
What’s more, this friction created metal ions inside of the body of
the host. These ions were found to be harmful, could lead to blood
poisoning, and even death if not treated. Now that these findings have
reached the consumers, there are a lot more of them who are coming out
to press charges against the products manufacturer.

Some of us would like to know the stories behind these cases. The
first ever recorded case against DePuy for their hip implants was
early in 2010, before the recall was issued for the two ASR products.
As for class action suits, two have been filed; one in Kentucky by
Brian Boone, and another one in Ohio by Carolyn Percy.

Many others like them are in need of a revision surgery for their
defective hip implants. Annie O’ Neill, a hiker all her life, had to
have revision surgery after her DePuy hip replacement got dislodged
after only three months of her procedure. People like them are
fighting for justice against the manufacturer of these products that
have diminished their quality of life.

Hip Implant Lawsuits Abound From Different States

Hip Implant recipients across the country have been pushing for legal
action against the manufacturer of their defective prosthetic hips.
DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson and Johnson, has been on the
subject of a lot of product liability suits lately from the recipients
of their defective ASR systems, namely the ASR Hip Resurfacing System
and the ASR XL Acetabular system.

The product has been found to be prone to giving excessive pain and
hinder the mobility of the recipient even just months after the
implant procedure. This has led many to investigate on the cause for
this discomfort. It has been found that the all-metal construction for
the ball and socket joint made it possible for both ends to rub
against each other, producing metal ion filings that may harm the host
gravely. This is why many of those who availed of these systems are
now going to court against DePuy, because they believe that the
manufacturer has to stand for what they have put into the market.

The earliest case against DePuy came from North California’s Federal
District Court 17. This was a few months before the August 2010
product recall, where they removed both ASR products from the market.
Class action suits, cases with a single defendant and multiple
plaintiffs, have also been filed against DePuy. Two have been known,
one from Brian Boone of Kentucky, and the other from Carolyn Percy
from Ohio. Carolyn has not even removed her defective implant even
though it gives her so much pain because she fights for a
court-overseen revision procedure paid for by the company.

 All the sad stories do not stop there. A hiker for the better part of
her life, Annie O’ Niell of Gardiner, New York, had undergone the
procedure in order to help her with her arthritis. The implant got
dislodged from her acetabulum, and she was under immense pain before
she had her revision surgery in July. Now she, like many others like
her, is in court to sue DePuy for having let them go through this
ordeal.