In what has become an alarming trend in drug and medical device manufacturing, Smith and Nephew felt compelled to copycat other hip implant manufacturers and market a pair of dual modular hip stems. This trend is alarming...more
Stryker Accolade V40 LFIT Hip Implant Dissociation -
Over the past few years, various orthopedic surgeons around the country and their patients have faced a catastrophic failure of Stryker’s Accolade and V40 LFIT hip...more
Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Associated With Spontaneous and Catastrophic Head-Neck Dissociation -
Stryker may face yet another crisis associated with their total hip replacement medical devices – and this time it...more
An inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is used to prevent life threatening pulmonary emboli. Once installed, the filter’s arms and legs open and anchors it to the walls of the IVC. The filter then catches blood clots that would...more
10/19/2015
/ Compensatory Damages ,
Design Defects ,
Failure To Warn ,
Loss of Consortium ,
Manufacturing Defects ,
Medical Devices ,
Negligence ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Physicians ,
Punitive Damages ,
Summary Judgment
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has requested that an $8.3 million judgment against the company over its DePuy metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant be put on hold....more