A number of patients who have received Zimmer Durom Cup hip
implants have noticed significant problems associated with the device, and have
therefore decided to file suit against the orthopedic manufacturing company.
The number of Zimmer lawsuits continues to grow as time wears on, and most of
the cases involve some kind of Zimmer hip revision surgery, a second surgery
intended to fix problems associated with the initial hip implant system. This
surgery can not only be financially taxing for a patient, but can also come
with a number of risks that are not present in the initial surgery, including
an increased healing time and additional risk of infection and complications
due to tissue and bone degradation.
The number of Zimmer hip lawsuits has grown to the point
that many of them have been consolidated in multidistrict litigation, which is
being overseen by Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer in the Northern District of
Illinois. There are also a number of hip implant lawsuits dealing with other
Zimmer products, including the Zimmer VerSys Hip System with femoral head and
femoral stem. Hip implant failure and problems with hip implant devices usually
manifest with symptoms that can include pain, trouble walking, trouble getting
up from a seated position, and other complications that can reduce a patient’s
ability to function normally in their day to day life.
A Texas resident has joined the ongoing litigation against Zimmer Orthopedics after a number of patients of certain hip devices discovered significant complications associated with the products. Jeffrey Johnson has filed a lawsuit with the help of a Zimmer hip lawyer, introducing his case to litigation on January 9, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
