Defective Hip & Knee Joint Replacements
Our attorneys have represented patients with defective joint replacement devices in cases across the country and regarding many different products. Over the years we have litigated against almost all of the manufacturers in the industry, some more often than others. During these cases, we have developed contacts within the orthopedic community, an understanding of how that community functions, and accumulated extensive information on many orthopedic products.
Design or manufacturing problems in specific products have led to the majority of this litigation. We often represent numerous patients with the same failure of a particular product. We are thus able to use much of what we learn from representing one patient in representing other patients with a similar defective product. Examples of the mass failures we are presenting focusing on include the following:
We carefully consider where to file your lawsuit. Over the years we have learned that there is tremendous variability in how cases are treated by different courts. Therefore, it is often best to file your case in a jurisdiction that may not seem intuitive. We often work on cases together with local law firms in the jurisdiction in which we bring suit. Having two law firms working on your behalf is at no additional cost to you. As you might expect, these are expensive cases to litigate and as a result our clients typically prefer that we do their case on a contingency basis. That means that we get paid a percentage of what you receive. In the event that there is no recovery, we received no fee and you owe us nothing.
Before we can decide to take your case, we must review the relevant medical records. Usually, we need the orthopedic surgeon's office chart, the operative reports for the original joint replacement surgery and the revision surgery (if performed), and the device record for the original surgery from the hospital chart (this shows the product and lot numbers of the components of the device). If you have the device, we would also like to see pictures of it.
Almost every state has very a very limited period of time in which you can bring suit over a defective product. So please do not delay.
We do not represent patients in suits against orthopedic surgeons. We limit our representation strictly to prosecuting cases against the manufacturers, sellers, and distributors of defective joint replacement devices. In the event that we take your case, we willl limit our representation to those potential defendants.
