Wright Medical has convinced two judges to dismiss portions of product liability lawsuits brought over problems with their Profemur hip replacement system, which features a modular femoral neck-stem that fractured or broke in both cases. However, the cases will be able to proceed on claims that the artificial hip component was defectively designed.…
A group of lawyers have been appointed to serve in various leadership roles in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) established for pretrial proceedings in all federal lawsuits over Wright Medical hip replacements. …
According to allegations raised in a product liability lawsuit, Wright Medical Group should have issued a recall for their Conserve hip replacement system as early as 2005, amid reports that a number of users were experiencing serious problems with the implant, including early failure that may require additional revision surgery. …
An initial conference has been set for late next month in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving all lawsuits over problems with metal-on-metal hip replacements manufactured by Wright Medical.…
Wright Conserve Hip Replacement Systems are increasingly being linked to reports of failure and metal blood poisoning, which could result in permanent injury and require consumers to undergo additional hip revision surgery. …
A motion has been filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate and centralize all federal Wright Conserve hip replacement lawsuits that have been brought in courts throughout the United States by individuals who experienced problems after receiving the metal-on-metal artificial hip system. …
An Oregon woman has filed a product liability lawsuit that alleges problems with the Wright Conserve Hip Replacement System caused her to suffer permanent injury and metal blood poisoning. …
A Wright Profemur hip replacement lawsuit has been filed by an Arizona woman who claims that the acetabular cup in her implant became loose just three years after receiving it. …
A Michigan man has filed a product liability lawsuit that indicates his Wright Profemur hip replacement failed less than three years after being implanted, when the femoral neck of the hip implant broke. …
An U.K. woman has filed a product liability lawsuit against Wright Medical Technology, Inc. over problems with their Profemur hip replacement system, alleging that design defects caused the implant to suddenly break while she was walking. This is one of several Wright Profemur hip lawsuits that have been brought involving similar allegations. …
