On Tuesday, April 21st, Attorney Chad McLain of Graves McLain appeared via Skype on KTUL’s Good Day Tulsa program to discuss mass tort lawsuits. Watch the segment: Many people are harmed by dangerous drugs or defective medical devices every year. Sometimes, drugs and medical devices are rushed onto the market without fully taking into …
When a company learns that there is a problem with one of its medical devices, it has a responsibility to alert consumers. The company will propose a correction or removal depending upon the situation. When the manufacturer does so, the FDA refers to this action as a “recall.” Medical devices are recalled when they are a …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that Texas will receive $8.5 million as part of a $120 million multi-state settlement with DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson. This settlement resolves claims alleging deceptive, unfair marketing of two surgical hip replacement devices. Details on the announced settlement are available here. The Investigation An …
Stryker Corporation has issued a safety alert warning to doctors and patients that one of their metal hip implant components may be defective and prone to high rates of failure. This is not the first time that metal hip implant devices manufactured by Stryker have posed a serious threat to patient safety. To date, Stryker …
Thousands of patients that received a Stryker Rejuvenate or ABG II Metal Hip Implant device have experienced serious medical problems and many have undergone multiple revision surgeries. To date, Stryker Corporation has paid out over $1 Billion in settlement payments to patients that were harmed by these unsafe and defective medical devices. Now, two additional …
Every year, thousands of Americans rely on artificial hip implant devices to help them regain their mobility and independence. If the hip implant they receive is defective or poorly designed, it can lead to severe side effects as well as painful and expensive revision surgery. Unfortunately, many hip implants are defective and have caused serious …
An estimated 500,000 Americans have received metal hip implant devices for broken or fractured hips, manufactured by companies including DePuy, Stryker, Smith & Nephew, Wright, Zimmer, and more. Unfortunately, many of these metal hip implants were defective, and have caused serious injuries for thousands of patients. Many patients that have received a defective metal hip …
For thousands of patients throughout the United States, Stryker Corporation’s Rejuvenate and ABG II Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants are failing and causing serious, and even life-threatening injuries. Many people that received one of these medical devices are even forced to undergo revision surgery, which can be a painful, expensive, and dangerous process. The major issue with …
On Friday, June 19th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major recall of all Zimmer M/L Taper Femoral Stems and Necks. These metal-on-metal hip implants were manufactured and distributed to patients in need of hip replacement surgery between March 31 and April 20, 2015. Zimmer, Inc. estimates that during this time, a total …
Over 300,000 people undergo hip replacement surgery each year in the United States. People of all ages and from all walks of life require hip replacement surgery for various reasons such as a sports injury, bone degeneration in the elderly, or an unforeseen accident or fall causing a fractured hip. Unfortunately, there are a number …
