DePuy Pinnacle Lawsuits Move Forward, With Issuance of Proposed Order Relating to First Bellwether Trial, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports
New York, New York (PRWEB) August 24, 2014 -- DePuy Pinnacle hip lawsuits (http://www.depuypinnacle-lawsuit.com/) continue to move forward in the multidistrict litigation underway in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports. According to court documents, the proceeding’s Special Master has issued a Proposed Order on August 19th pertaining to the litigation’s first bellwether trial, which is scheduled to begin on September 1st. Among other things, the Order would bar the parties from mentioning the standard of medical care provided by the plaintiffs’ surgeon. (In re: DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2244)
“Our Firm is looking forward to the start of this trial with great anticipation. The jury’s finding could provide insight into how other juries will find in DePuy Pinnacle lawsuits involving similar allegations,” said Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing the victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is representing numerous clients who have filed Pinnacle hip lawsuits in the federal multidistrict litigation, and continues to offer free legal evaluations to individuals who were allegedly harmed by a metal-on-metal version of the DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement System.
Pinnacle Hip Lawsuits
Court records indicate that more than 6,400 Pinnacle hip lawsuits are now pending in the litigation underway in the Northern District of Texas, where Bernstein Liebhard LLP partner, Jeffrey S. Grand, is serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee. The two cases scheduled for trial on September 1st were filed on behalf of Pinnacle hip recipients from Montana who underwent revision of their hip replacement after allegedly developing pain, metallosis, and elevated blood serum levels of chromium and cobalt. All of the claims pending in this proceeding allege similar injuries due to a metal-on-metal version of the Pinnacle hip implant that utilizes the Ultamet liner.
In January 2013, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) warned that metal-on-metal hips like the device at the center of the DePuy Pinnacle litigation were more likely to fail early than those made of other materials. The agency also revealed that it was considering new rules that would subject the all-metal hips to greater regulatory oversight.
In May 2013, Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics announced that they would cease the sale of metal-on-metal hip implants, including the device involved in Pinnacle hip lawsuits.*
Recipients of the metal-on-metal Pinnacle implant may be entitled to file their own claim if they experienced premature device failure, metallosis or other complications allegedly related to its all-metal design. To learn more about filing a DePuy Pinnacle lawsuit, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP’s website. To arrange for a free, no obligation review of your case, please call 800-511-5092 today.
*bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-16/j-j-will-stop-sales-of-metal-on-metal-hip-replacements.html, Bloomberg.com, May 17, 2013
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