Stryker Hip Lawsuits Continue to Mount, as Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Establishment of Additional State Court Consolidated Proceeding for Stryker Hip Recall Claims
New York, New York (PRWEB) October 17, 2013 -- Stryker hip lawsuit (http://www.strykerhiprecallclaims.com/) filings involving the July 2012 Rejuvenate and ABG II Modular-Neck Hip Stem recall continue to move forward in courts throughout the U.S., Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports. According to an Order issued by Judge Marina Garcia-Wood on October 3rd, 13 Stryker hip recall claims involving the Rejuvenate Total Hip System have been consolidated in Florida’s Broward County Circuit Court. (Simon v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.,et al., No. CACE-12-25899 (18))
“Our Firm continues to receive inquiries from individuals seeking to file Stryker hip lawsuits due to injuries they allegedly sustained from Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stems. Over 380 cases have already been filed in a Multicounty Litigation underway in New Jersey’s Bergen County Superior Court, where our firm has filed dozens of cases,” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing the victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm continues to offer free legal evaluations to individuals who have suffered serious complications, allegedly related to the Stryker hip recall for Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stems.
Stryker Hip Recall
Court records indicate that more than 600 Stryker hip lawsuits filed in the wake of the Rejuvenate and ABG II recall are now pending in courts throughout the U.S. This includes the 380 that have been filed in New Jersey. (In Re Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Stem and the ABG II Modular Hip Stem Litigation, No. 296) Another 290 such lawsuits are pending in a federal multidistrict litigation underway in U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. (In re: Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2441) The lawsuits allege that recipients of Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stems suffered serious complications, including metallosis and significant metal and bone loss, due to toxic metal ions shed from the fretting and corrosion of the components.
The Stryker hip recall was announced in July 2012, after an unexpectedly high number of patients experienced complications, including pain, swelling, and adverse local tissue reactions, due to fretting and corrosion at the modular-neck junction. Stryker has advised all recipients of Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stems to undergo blood tests for elevated metal ion levels, as well as cross sectional imaging, regardless of their symptoms. *
Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stem recipients may be eligible to file a Stryker hip lawsuit if they suffered complications that may be associated with fretting and corrosion of the components. Learn More about the Stryker hip recall by visiting Bernstein Liebhard LLP’s website. For more information and to arrange for a free case review, please call 800-511-5092.
*literature.ortho.stryker.com/files/REJUV_COM_23.pdf
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Felecia L. Stern, Stryker Hip Recall Information Center, http://www.strykerhiprecallclaims.com/, +1 800-511-5092, [email protected]
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