You are entitled to claim compensation following a hip replacement recall if it can be shown that you sustained a quantifiable injury due to the negligence of the recalled hip replacement´s manufacturers.. Whereas it is often acknowledged that a hip replacement recall is due to a higher than expected failure rate, resulting in the necessity for painful and time-consuming revision surgery, some victims of a hip replacement recall have also suffered “system toxicity” due to microscopic particles being released into the blood stream as metal on metal friction occurs. Additionally, there is the emotional trauma suffered by those who are waiting to undergo x-rays, scans and blood tests. Many people have already filed claims for hip replacement recall compensation, and if you would like to find on how those hip replacement recall claims have progressed, you are advised to speak with a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible.
Compensation claims for Rejuvenate hip implants have taken a step forward with the announcement that twenty cases sent for mediation have been resolved. Stryker´s Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants were recalled in 2012 after it was found that cobalt and chromium was leaching from the implants and causing inflammation, tissue wear and the failure … Read more
The twice-postponed DePuy ASR hip replacement hearing has been delayed once again – on this occasion due to a change of plaintiff and a ruling about referring to the DePuy recall in court as evidence. The first scheduled Federal DePuy ASR hip replacement hearing was put back again last week after the parties in McCracken -v- … Read more
An increase in the number of metal on metal hip implant compensation claims is likely following revelations that medical regulators are revising their advice for patients who have received metal on metal hip replacement systems in the UK. Advisors to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) want to extend the advice already provided … Read more