Thousands of metal on metal hip injury lawsuits have already been filed in courts across the country.
Metal on metal hip lawsuit.
The litigation is officially known as mdl 2244 in re.
Many metal on metal hip replacement lawsuits have been merged into something known as multidistrict litigation or mdls.
If you have been harmed because of a metal on metal device you may also have the right to file a lawsuit of your own.
In an mdl similar cases are consolidated to be tried in a single district court before one judge.
Metal on metal hip replacement lawsuits the attorneys at maglio christopher toale p a.
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Most large hip replacement actions involve metal on metal designs.
Thousands of metal on metal hip replacement lawsuits have been filed claiming that the manufacturers failed to research the design or warn about a large number of implants that were failing within a few years and requiring risky revision surgery.
Filed the first metal on metal hip lawsuit in the united states so we have a long history in this type of litigation.
District judge james e.
However there are strict limits on when you can file a claim.
According to complaints the design flaw caused a condition called metallosis which destroys bone muscle and other tissue.
They were supposed to be more durable but lawsuits claim the devices shed microscopic amounts of chromium cobalt or other metals into the body.