On September 26, 2017, Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P. filed the first pending federal lawsuit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana concerning a failure of a DePuy Attune knee implant. The plaintiff underwent a subsequent surgery to remove and replace the defective Attune device.
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The FDA has recalled all Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder replacement devices because of increasingly dangerous fracture rates. The FDA issued a Class I recall, saying that the Zimmer Biomet shoulder devices are fracturing at a higher rate than claimed by the manufacturer. The fracture rate raises the risk of serious injuries for patients who were implanted with the shoulder replacement device.
The attorneys at Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P. are currently investigating potential legal action on behalf of patients who have been implanted with the Attune© Knee System made by DePuy Synthes, and are now having DePuy knee replacement implant problems.
While modern medicine increasingly uses automated machines and devices to treat a wide variety of illnesses, the equipment itself can sometimes be linked to dangerous or even fatal issues. The public relies on federal regulators to adequately monitor these types of issues and ultimately ensure patient safety, but when that oversight fails, the consequences can be deadly.
On November 3, 2014 a Settlement Agreement between Howmedica Osteonics Corporation, known as Stryker Orthopaedics and the Court-appointed Plaintiffs' Settlement Committee (court appointed attorneys representing plaintiffs in New Jersey and Federal District Multidistrict litigations) was announced. This agreement will compensate eligible U.S. claimants who have suffered recognizable bodily, physical or personal injuries from surgery to replace their Rejuvenate Hip Stem and ABG II Modular Hip Stem Implant prior to November 3, 2014.
On November 19, Johnson and Johnson announced a settlement of $2.5 billion to resolve the thousands of lawsuits over its recalled hip implants in an accord that may be worth more than $4 billion. There are about 12,000 suits filed in federal and state courts which face Johnson and Johnson and its unit DePuy.
Stryker Corporation announced the recall of its Rejuvenate Modular and ABG II modular neck hip stems in July of 2012. Stryker warns that fretting and corrosion due to abrasive wear could lead to corrective hip revision surgery. This fretting and corrosion could lead to the following problems:
Due to a high rate of revision surgeries to correct or remove defective implants, DePuy Orthopedics has recalled its ASR XL acetabular hip replacement and resurfacing system. These revision surgeries are painful and expensive and recovery often takes as long as the initial hip surgery.