New York, New York (PRWEB) June 05, 2013
Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to guarding the rights of victims injured by defective medical devices, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a lady implanted with two DePuy Pinnacle hips. The lawsuit was filed on March 25th in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Case No. 3:13-cv-01247-K) as portion of the DePuy Pinnacle multidistrict litigation (MDL No. three:11-md-02244). DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson are the Defendants.

According to the Complaint, the Plaintiff was implanted with a Pinnacle hip on her left side in January 2007, and then had another Pinnacle hip implanted on her correct side in December 2008. The lawsuit alleges that the implants caused complications, which includes extreme pain, weakness and elevated chromium and cobalt levels in the womans bloodstream. The symptoms have been stated to have grown so severe that she needed to undergo a revision surgery to correct the troubles. Allegedly, the Defendants had been conscious of the potential for these dangers but failed to disclose them to the Plaintiff, her doctor or the public. The Plaintiff is suing for, amongst other factors, pain and suffering, emotional distress and financial loss due to lost wages and healthcare costs.

The lawsuit alleges that the Pinnacle is flawed simply because the metal-on-metal design causes the shedding of chromium and cobalt particles, which are then released into the physique. On January 17 of this year, the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Security Alert that acknowledged these dangers, issuing new suggestions for all-metal hip individuals. The agency advised that those with implants undergo physical exams, diagnostics imaging and metal-ion testing when necessary. In that very same alert, the FDA also proposed new, stricter suggestions that would call for makers to prove that their devices are safe and successful by means of clinical testing this strategy is referred to as premarket approval. The existing approval route, recognized as the 510(k), only calls for device makers to show that their product is comparable to a previously approved device already on the marketplace.

Parker Waichman LLP continues to offer you totally free legal consultations to victims of DePuy Pinnacle and other metal-on-metal hip implant injuries. If you or a loved a single have seasoned premature failure of your implant, or other overall health troubles related with the Pinnacle or other metal-on-metal hip replacement device, please get in touch with their office by visiting the firm’s DePuy Pinnacle hip implant lawsuits web page at yourlawyer.com. Cost-free case evaluations are also available by calling 1 800 LAW Information (1-800-529-4636).

Get in touch with: 
Parker Waichman LLP 
Gary Falkowitz, Managing Lawyer 
(800) LAW-Information 
(800) 529-4636 
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