Enduring hip replacement is a long and painful journey of surgery and rehabilitation sought by many to relieve the pain of arthritis or fracture. But for recipients of the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc. ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System, instead of the end of their suffering, installation of these hardware devices is just the beginning. If you received a hip replacement after July of 2003, and are experiencing pain, stiffness, swelling, difficulty walking, and generalized pain around the hip and lower extremities, your hip replacement hardware may have loosened, shifted, fractured, or even worse, caused further damage to your already weakened hip joint and require multiple revision surgeries.
In March of 2006, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc., sent a warning letter to physicians advising that their hip replacement hardware had been known to fail in "certain patients" which they identified as small statured women with weak bones. Despite knowing of these problems, DePuy continued to actively market their product. In December of 2009, DePuy withdrew their product from Australia, but instead of acknowledging the problems they knew existed with the hardware, simply explained the withdrawal as being based on poor sales. Finally, in August of 2010, DePuy issued a voluntary recall of certain of their hip implant devices, recognizing that their product had a higher than usual failure rate when compared to other similar hardware.
Johnson & Johnson's website offers reimbursement of reasonable and customary expenses associated with the recall, however, by whose standard will that be determined? It is to Johnson & Johnson's financial advantage to seek out patients who received these implants and offer a quick, inexpensive and final resolution of their claims. As Depuy Hip Lawyers, we are concerned about this reimbursement program because it only offers limited compensation and forces Depuy customers to give a medical authorization and full access to their private medical records to Depuy's lawyers. It is unclear at this time what legal rights those who participate in the Depuy compensation program will be forced to give up.
If you have received a hip replacement since July 2003, utilizing DuPuy Orthopedics, Inc., ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System, call Goldberg, Finnegan & Mester, LLC for a eview of your case history,and to get a better idea of what the problem with the Depuy hip product is and how you might be affected. The law firm of Goldberg, Finnegan & Mester, serving the Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C., area, has qualified medical and legal professionals dedicated to providing you with all the information you need to allow you to make an informed decision about how to proceed to cover your future medical expenses and compensate you for the pain and suffering caused by the failure of your hip replacement surgery. Click here and a member of our staff will contact you for a personalized telephone consultation.
In March of 2006, DePuy Orthopedics, Inc., sent a warning letter to physicians advising that their hip replacement hardware had been known to fail in "certain patients" which they identified as small statured women with weak bones. Despite knowing of these problems, DePuy continued to actively market their product. In December of 2009, DePuy withdrew their product from Australia, but instead of acknowledging the problems they knew existed with the hardware, simply explained the withdrawal as being based on poor sales. Finally, in August of 2010, DePuy issued a voluntary recall of certain of their hip implant devices, recognizing that their product had a higher than usual failure rate when compared to other similar hardware.
Johnson & Johnson's website offers reimbursement of reasonable and customary expenses associated with the recall, however, by whose standard will that be determined? It is to Johnson & Johnson's financial advantage to seek out patients who received these implants and offer a quick, inexpensive and final resolution of their claims. As Depuy Hip Lawyers, we are concerned about this reimbursement program because it only offers limited compensation and forces Depuy customers to give a medical authorization and full access to their private medical records to Depuy's lawyers. It is unclear at this time what legal rights those who participate in the Depuy compensation program will be forced to give up.
If you have received a hip replacement since July 2003, utilizing DuPuy Orthopedics, Inc., ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System, call Goldberg, Finnegan & Mester, LLC for a eview of your case history,and to get a better idea of what the problem with the Depuy hip product is and how you might be affected. The law firm of Goldberg, Finnegan & Mester, serving the Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C., area, has qualified medical and legal professionals dedicated to providing you with all the information you need to allow you to make an informed decision about how to proceed to cover your future medical expenses and compensate you for the pain and suffering caused by the failure of your hip replacement surgery. Click here and a member of our staff will contact you for a personalized telephone consultation.
The term "hip replacement" means reforming or replacing the hip joint. Otherwise known as hip arthroplasty, it has been performed for over a century. In the 1960's, a new device became available utilizing a metal ball and a plastic socket. Today, the components making up these devices are more durable and long lasting.