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DePuyPinnacleLawsuits...Inthenews,theU.S.CourtofAppealsfortheFirstCircuithasdecidedthatwhilethelowercourtdismissedthecase,alawsuit ...

In the news, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has decided that while the lower court dismissed the case, a lawsuit accusing DePuy Orthopaedics of marketing faulty metal-on-metal hip replacement products will go forward. With more than 9,000 DePuy Pinnacle hip lawsuits pending in the Northern District of Texas, three have already been decided. The first one resulted in a win for the medical device manufacturer. Next, in March 2016, five Pinnacle hip plaintiffs were awarded $502M. A third Pinnacle hip trial took place in February 2017 where a Texas jury awarded more than $1B to six patients who were implanted with the all-metal hip replacement system.

Artificial hips may be made of ceramic, plastic, or metal. Metal is the sturdiest material, and so metal-on-metal hips were designed to be longer lasting implants for younger patients. Unfortunately there have been all kinds of problems with hips that have a metal sock...