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Product liability cases come in many different forms. What they all have in common is that a company or manufacturer has sold or distributed a defective product that causes harm, injuries, and damages to a consumer. Metal artificial hip implants have caused significant long term injuries and complications to thousands upon thousands of patients throughout the United States. Rather than improve the patient’s lifestyle, these metal artificial hip implants have wreaked havoc upon the lives of patients and their family members.
A Florida Products Liability Attorney can assist patients with a case against a manufacturer or distributor when injuries are caused by a defective product. These cases are extremely complicated and it makes sense to contact a Florida Personal Injury Attorney for advice, consultation, and representation.
It has been reported that the metal – on – metal hip replacements are failing at a high rate. The hip replacements that were suppose to last 15 years or more are not having the longevity or success that were promised to the patients who underwent the invasive surgery to have a hip or both hips replaced. The hope of a better life has been replaced with disability, pain, and disappointment for many patients who have received the hip or knee placement and later suffered the complications and failures of these replacements.
It is estimated that the costs and damages associated with the failure of these hip implants are in the billions of dollars range. The financial repercussions go well beyond the medical care as jobs are lost, lives are changed, and family members are forever affected by a serious injury to a loved one.
The incidents have set off a financial scramble. Recently, lawsuits and complaints against makers of all-metal replacement hips passed the 5,000 mark. Insurers are alerting patients that they plan to recover their expenses from any settlement money that patients receive. Medicare is also expected to try to recover its costs.
The numbers and statistics are quite interesting and on a large scale. It is estimated that approximately 500,000 patients have undergone hip replacement surgery with metal on metal replacements. One product metal – on – metal product was even subject to a recall in 2010. The product which was distributed by Johnson & Johnson – DePuy Division – was implanted in approximately 40,000 patients. It has been reported that approximately 3,500 lawsuits involving this implant have been filed to see damages, compensation, and medical bills for the patients. See the High Costs of Hip Replacement Failures.