Monday, March 27, 2017
March 27, 2017 - In the wake of the recent DePuy Pinnacle 6-person settlement for over $1 billion, those who have a DePuy Pinnacle hip probably have many important questions. Pinnacle recipients may wonder whether there will be a recall of the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant—like the DePuy ASR hip recall of 2010 and the subsequent settlement of thousands of ASR lawsuits...
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Monday, March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017 - What is Metallosis? If you have been implanted with a metal hip implant, you have probably heard the term “metallosis,” even if you do not have a recalled metal hip. Metallosis is a condition which occurs when the metal components of a hip device rub against one another during periods of activity, shearing away microscopic metal shards. When those tiny metal ions begin building up in the soft tissues of the...
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Thursday, January 05, 2017
January 04, 2017 - If you or a loved one are the recipient of a Pinnacle hip device, you may have serious concerns about the safety of that device and questions about how the Pinnacle may adversely affect your health. The Pinnacle, unlike DePuy’s ASR hip device, has not been recalled, rather it was...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
December 21, 2016 - Dangers of Pinnacle Hip Devices - Those with a Pinnacle implant could face severe pain in the groin, thigh and hip regions, significant inflammation, dislocation of the device, and failure of the entire hip replacement system. Because the Pinnacle is a metal-on-metal hip device, there is a strong likelihood the device could experience fretting and corrosion, causing small metal ions to shear away, either...
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Friday, December 02, 2016
December 02, 2016 - Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, DePuy, are once again on the losing end of a dangerous and/or defective product verdict, this time a massive $1.04 billion to six patients who claimed known flaws in the Pinnacle artificial hips were deliberately hidden. Plaintiffs in these Pinnacle bellwether cases alleged J & J and DePuy officials were aware the devices were defective, yet failed to warn doctors and patients about the failure risks...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016 - A Texas jury recently returned a $502 million settlement in favor of five plaintiffs who claimed their DePuy metal Pinnacle hip devices failed. Approximately $142 million of the settlement was for compensatory damages, while the remaining $360 million was designated for punitive damages. The plaintiffs in this bellwether case alleged the DePuy Pinnacle metal hip device caused significant health problems, such as metallosis and metal toxicity...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
May 12, 2015 - Despite the more than 6,600 lawsuits against DePuy for the Pinnacle hip implant, a recall has not been issued, although DePuy did discontinue the use of a metal liner in mid-2013. Following the removal of the metal liner, Johnson & Johnson and DePuy deemed the Pinnacle a safe hip implant, and even in the face of mounting lawsuits, continue to defend the Pinnacle’s safe design...
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Friday, April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015 - Johnson & Johnson continues to vehemently defend the DePuy Pinnacle hip device, despite the more than 6,600 lawsuits currently filed against J & J and its subsidiary, DePuy. It is interesting to note that DePuy’s recalled ASR gained FDA approval based on its substantial similarity to the design of the Pinnacle...
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Thursday, April 09, 2015
April 09, 2015 - If you were implanted with a DePuy Pinnacle hip device, and have been keeping up with the litigation concerning the Pinnacle, you may wonder whether you should undergo DePuy Pinnacle hip revision surgery. When a hip implant fails, or has caused serious issues such as DePuy Pinnacle hip metallosis...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
A Sullo & Sullo Attorneys Plaintiff Selected for DePuy Pinnacle Bellwether Case in the Northern District of Texas U.S. District Court - HOUSTON, TX, March 12, 2015—A court order on February 18, 2015, established ten bellwether trials for the Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Pinnacle metal hip litigation. One of the Sullo & Sullo plaintiffs is among those ten bellwether cases selected for trial...
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