Lawsuits Pending on DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implants

As DePuy Pinnacle's metal-on-metal hip design is being phased out, lawsuits continue to be filed claiming that the grinding of metal components in the implant sheds metallic debris into the patient's blood stream, causing swelling, pain, metallosis, and other complications that require surgery to correct.  Plaintiffs' attorneys argue that the DePuy Pinnacle model shares defective design qualities with the discontinued DePuy ASR hip implant.  In 2013, a $2.5 billion dollar settlement deal was reached to settle claims arising from the DePuy ASR hip implant.

[1] Emison, Brett A. "DePuy Just Can't Shake Those Hip Replacement Lawsuits", Law360 (Jan. 27, 2014).

[2] Meier, Barry "Johnson & Johnson in Deal to Settle Hip Implant Lawsuits", NY Times (Nov. 19, 2013).