After the recent DePuy hip replacement recall, a growing number of patients implanted with the DePuy device have begun filing lawsuits over serious complications. Patients allege that complications from the DePuy device have necessitated hip replacement revision surgery. In many cases, these lawsuits have resulted in substantial settlements yielding hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation.

The DePuy Hip Replacement Device

Thousands of Americans undergo hip replacement surgery every year. So far, over half a million Americans have been implanted with a hip device, and the DePuy metal-on-metal hip device is one of the most popular. Unfortunately, patients implanted with these devices have begun coming forward, claiming that they have suffered significant complications because of this device.

Indeed, thousands of patients have already filed lawsuits against DePuy over complications allegedly linked with the hip implant. Defective hip implant devices have been linked with problems like metallosis (a kind of metal poisoning), dislocation and dissociation of the device, and a high rate of device failure.

DePuy Hip Replacement Recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received countless reports of device failure and other side effects. The FDA issued a DePuy hip replacement recall of the metal-on-metal device back in August 2010. The DePuy hip replacement recall affected around 93,000 total patients with these implants.

Unfortunately, complications with hip implants are often serious enough to necessitate hip replacement revision surgery in order to remove the defective device and replace it with something else. Of course, revision surgery itself will expose patients to even more dangers, such as the risk of infection, as well as the increased medical expenses of an extra surgery.

Filing a DePuy Lawsuit

The DePuy hip replacement recall was issued in August 2010. Subsequent litigation and settlements have resulted in compensation for many patients. You may be able to get compensation from the DePuy ASR settlement if you were implanted with a DePuy ASR hip device and underwent revision surgery since March 2015 because of one of these problems:

• Device failure
• Dislocated hip
• Metallosis (toxic substance leaking into blood)
• Cancer
• Degenerative heart disease
• Bone fractures
• Death of surrounding tissue
• Others

Those who have suffered injuries or been forced to undergo a hip replacement revision surgery after being implanted with a DePuy device may be able to pursue a DePuy lawsuit for compensation. Nearly 8,000 DePuy lawsuits have been filed over the hip implant device since the DePuy hip replacement recall was issued. The first group of lawsuits reached a settlement of $600,000.

If you or someone you love has experienced complications due to a metal-on-metal hip implant from DePuy, or has been forced to undergo hip replacement revision surgery, you may be able to file a metal hip implant lawsuit. Of course, filing a hip replacement revision surgery lawsuit cannot take away the pain and suffering caused by device complications, but it can help to alleviate the financial burden from medical expenses and lost wages.