DePuy Orthopaedics is facing a new ASR total hip revision lawsuit filed by a man who says he suffered severe adverse side effects and complications including undergoing revision surgery.

Plaintiff Gary P. is filing the ASR total hip revision lawsuit in Ohio federal court joining an increasing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the company. The lawsuit was filed on July 31, 2018.

According to the ASR total hip revision lawsuit, Gary is a resident and citizen of Kaneohe, Honolulu, Hawaii. He says that he was implanted with a DePuy ASR hip implant on his right hip on March 9, 2019 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Honolulu.

However, Gary claims that due to adverse side effects he suffered, he had the ASR hip implant removed on July 19. 2017. Some of the side effects included excessive levels of cobalt and chromium in his bloodstream that is indicative of a faulty and defective device, the ASR total hip revision lawsuit states.

Due to Gary’s sustained injuries, he hopes to “recover compensatory damages for pain and suffering and emotional distress … and for economic loss as well as punitive damages.”

The ASR total hip revision lawsuit was filed on multiple counts including negligence, defective design, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, breach of warranty as to merchantability, breach of implied warranties, fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, fraud and deceit, unfair and deceptive trade practices under state law, misrepresentation by omission, negligent infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence and punitive damages, among others.

Overview: ASR Total Hip Revision

Approximately 93,000 DePuy ASR hip implants were recalled in August 2010 after data confirmed that the device has an unexpectedly high rate of hip failure. Hip failure often requires patients like Gary to undergo revision surgery to fix the original hip implant device.

Adverse side effects and complications associated with the device include:

• Cobalt poisoning
• Pseudotumors or non-cancerous tumors surrounding the hip implant
• Metal poisoning or metallosis that includes the presence of chromium or cobalt particles in the bloodstream or surrounding tissue
• Death of tissue
• The result of bone fractures from bone strength loss or structure
• Cancer
• Cardiomyopathy or degenerative heart disease
• Hip dislocation
• Metal hip implant failure resulting in early hip replacement surgery

DePuy lawsuits are being potentially pursued by individuals who believe that may have been implanted with a metal-on-metal device. The company is being accused of introducing the metal hip implant without adequately researching and testing the device for adverse side effects and complications.

As a result, thousands of people say they received a faulty DePuy device that have led many to experience severe problems and injuries. Allegations of negligent design and product defects, however, allowed many to pursue and receive financial compensation among other recoveries for their damages.

The ASR Total Hip Revision Lawsuit is Case No. 1:18-dp-20060-JJH, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division. The DePuy Lawsuit is in re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1:10-md-2197, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division.