Stryker hip settlements are being reached Settlements are being reached in more Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement cases filed in New Jersey state court. More resolutions of these cases are likely to be imminent. The first phase, a group of 10 cases previously selected for early mediation, has resulted in…
Cases gear up for Summer 2015 trials With more than 600 Stryker Rejuvenate hip cases centralized as part of an MDL in the federal court system [more on the MDL process], U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank has indicated that a small group of cases will be ready for trial…
A new process is now in place for the filing of new Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuits. The new procedure will streamline the process of filing a lawsuit utilizing a Master Complaint and Short Form Complaint to standardize the process of filing additional lawsuits directly into the current federal MDL. What…
Approximately five days prior to trial, and one day after a judge denied Defendants’ attempt to dismiss, a settlement was reached in a pending Wright Profemur lawsuit. This is one of at least two Wright Profemur hip settlements that have been reached just before trial. The terms of the…
The number of lawsuits nears 1,000 The numbers continue to grow. The number of complaints filed in state and federal courts by those who have experienced problems with the Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement is nearing 1,000. With DePuy hip cases reaching a settlement last month, the focus on these…
The Biomet hip lawsuits involve claims that the Biomet Magnum hip replacement design was fatally flawed. Why? Because these metal-on-metal hip replacements – touted as the next big thing – became the next big mass tort litigation. These devices have failed. Miserably. Pressure is on Biomet Biomet Hip Implants Get…
Breaking news! Johnson & Johnson is poised to pay over $4 billion to settle their recalled hip implants. The deal will put an end to the vast majority of the almost 8,000 lawsuits filed around country. What Does This Settlement Mean to Me The news just broke, but we are…
Stryker Hip Settlements Coming? A New Jersey state court judge has selected a group of 10 Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement lawsuits for early mediation, in order to discuss the potential for reaching settlement agreements during the early stages of litigation. With over 300 complaints already filed throughout the New Jersey state court…
Plaintiff got the better end of a split decision ruling by the court last week in a Wright Medical ProFemur hip lawsuit. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment was denied, keeping the case alive. The plaintiff in this case is a seventy-five year old blueberry farmer who needed a total hip…
We recently reported on a study that revealed that the metal-on-metal hip replacements failed three times more often than other artificial hips. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered twenty-one (21) artificial hip manufacturers to conduct studies of the Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement devices, and how they…