Several metal on metal hips have been recalled.
Hip replacement lawsuit.
Hip replacement lawsuits claim patients were left with serious side effects due to device design or defects.
Lawsuits have been filed against nearly every manufacturer that issued a recall of faulty hip replacement and hip resurfacing products including depuy orthopedics a subsidiary of johnson johnson stryker orthopedics biomet smith nephew wright medical and zimmer.
In one case a billion dollars was awarded.
More than 29 000 lawsuits have been filed against hip manufacturers including stryker and depuy.
These injuries were so severe that people had to have surgery to replace the faulty hip implants.
Known settlements amount to at least 2 2 billion.
Side effects include allergic reactions metal poisoning infection nerve damage and bone loss.
There have been noteworthy lawsuits against hip replacement device manufacturers that have resulted in juries awarding millions of dollars to patients and their families to compensate them for pain and suffering lost wages and medical bills.
Thousands of hip replacement lawsuits have been filed against various device makers.
Product liability lawsuits are being review.
Hip replacement lawsuits claim people suffered infection dislocation loosening or a type of metal poisoning called metallosis after receiving a defectively designed or poorly tested artificial hip.
Each manufacturer faces thousands of cases.
Several different hip replacement systems and artificial hip components sold in recent years have been linked to high failure rates and other complications.