DePuy Pinnacle Hip Lawsuit

On February 4, 2012, The Sunday Telegraph reported that metal-on-metal hip implants may be linked to cancer. According to The Telegraph, next month researchers from the University of Bristol will present their findings at the British Hip Society conference. Researchers participating in the study con...

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has been repeatedly criticized by the media, experts and congressmen for its medical device approval process. Calls for regulatory reform have been become commonplace given the wave of medical devices approved by the FDA that have since pro...

PRESS RELEASE: On February 1, 2012, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reported that more than 900 federal DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement lawsuits  have been filed and have been included in the multidistrict litigation, In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“M...

When first introduced to the market, metal-on-metal artificial joints, such as the DePuy hip replacement implants were expected to last longer than traditional implants, which combined metal and polyethylene.  However, recent studies have identified a range of problems commonly associated with meta...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports that following a January 9, 2012 Case Management Order, which appointed plaintiffs’ counsel to serve on various leadership committees in In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2244”), current...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP is pleased to announce that on January 9, 2012 partner Jeffrey S. Grand was named to both the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (“PSC”) and the Discovery Committee in In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MD...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on Johnson & Johnson’s Third Quarter Earnings Report, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2011.*  The quarterly earnings report details various legal proceedings the Company is currently defending, di...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which found that the orthopedic implant industry scaled back payments to orthopedic surgeons after settling a lawsuit in 2007 with the Department of Justice for $311 million.*  The lawsui...

According to court documents released on October 6, 2011, there are now at least 538 DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement lawsuits pending before U.S. District Court Judge James E. Kinkeade, who is presiding over the consolidated DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement lawsuits.  The federal DePuy Pinnacle hip re...

PRESS RELEASE: On September 15, 2011, The National Joint Registry for England and Wales released its annual report.   Alarmingly, the findings revealed that failure rates of metal-on-metal hips, such as the DePuy ASR and certain Pinnacle devices are increasing.  Almost 14 percent of patients w...