California Hip Surgery Injury Attorneys
If you are a consumer in need of medical devices, you need to trust that these devices will be safe or that you will be warned properly if they are not safe. Unfortunately, many medical devices such as hip replacements and knee replacements are not nearly as safe as people expect, and the warnings are woefully inadequate.
For example, far too many people have suffered serious personal injuries or wrongful death as a result of the DePuy hip replacement product. The product was rushed into marketplace before it was properly tested. Thousands of patients suffered injuries years after the company was aware of the product's defects, but failed to recall the product. So many terrible injuries could and should have been avoided.
If you or someone you love has been injured or killed as a result of a faulty DePuy hip implant, contact us. At Miller Law, Inc., we bring more than 20 years of litigation experience. Our Sacramento hip replacement lawyers bring a strong commitment to helping injured California clients obtain compensation for their injuries.
Some of the injuries that patients suffer from the DePuy hip replacement include:
- General pain and swelling: Even in many cases in which the product seems to be functioning perfectly, pain and swelling where the hip replacement was placed is common. This is caused by the loosening of the hip implant or the fracture of the bones around the hip implant.
- Revision surgeries: It is common for the product to fail much earlier than expected, requiring a second revision or reversal surgeries to remove and replace the defective hip implant.
- Metal shavings left in the body: DePuy's metal-on-metal construction of its hip implant leaves shavings of metal in the patient's bone and tissue.
DePuy's introduction of this dangerous product into the marketplace, its failure to warn people of the dangers and its failure to recall the product in a timely fashion all amount to an egregious breach of the public's trust. You deserve to be compensated for pain and suffering, medical costs and loss of income if you have been harmed as a result of this or any other type of dangerous medical device.
Contact Miller Law, Inc., by calling our Sacramento-area law offices toll free at 888-353-0285 or by contacting us online. Initial consultations regarding DePuy hip implant claims and other types of defective hip product-related injuries are free and confidential.
