A lawsuit has been filed against hip replacement manufacturer DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc upward of failure of a DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement. The suit in law against DePuy was filed in Federal District Court in Ft. Myers, Florida be unexhausted week. This is believed to be the first lawsuit filed in the United States throughout the failure of the DePuy ASR hip replacement. The patient in the appeal is represented by an alliance of law firms pursuing claims steady behalf of patients across the nation with failed DePuy ASR haunch replacements.

Depiction of metal debris created by less than optimal positioning of the DePuy ASR hip replacement contained in materials recently sent by DePuy to orthopedic surgeons.

The action alleges that the DePuy ASR hip replacement was defectively designed. It claims DePuy knew that their ASR haunch replacements were failing at a higher than expected rate, yet it did not suffer that information on to consumers or orthopaedic surgeons. As a end, diagnosis that the ASR hip replacement implanted in the patient has failed was needlessly delayed for example her physicians were unaware of the prevelance of other failures. During the assiduous’s surgery to replace the failed hip replacement, her orthopedic surgeon discovered that the chalice portion of the ASR hip replacement was extremely loose. The ASR haunch replacement is designed so that a patient’s bone grows into the back of the potion to secure it. However, loosening because of a lack of bone in-germination into the cup is a hallmark of DePuy ASR hip reinstatement failures.

In March of this year, the New York Times published some article about the high early failure rate of DePuy’s ASR hip replacement. Since that article was published many more reports of failures of ASR hip replacements have been received by both DePuy and the United States Food and Drug Administration. In its critical instant, the New York Times quoted orthopedic experts critical of the design of the ASR hip replacement. Experts were also critical of DePuy’s failure to stop sales of the device sooner.

The DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Alliance is a consortium of form firms that have represented patients across the nation in failed orthopedic issue defect cases for many years. Member law firms of the Alliance consider extensive experience in representing patients in litigation against both DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson’s precursory orthopedics subsidiary, Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics. Clients of the Alliance will subsist jointly represented by the member law firms who will work unitedly on behalf of each client. More information on the Alliance is advantageous at www.depuy-asr.org or by calling 877-284-6600.

The subject of discussion was filed in the United States Federal District Court for Middle District of Florida, Ft. Myers Division, subject of discussion number 2:10-cv-369-FTM-36-SPC.

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