Durom Cup Hip Implant Information Center: __________________ Failure Defect Zimmer Durom Hip Replacement Cup Zimmer Durom Cup Artificial Hip Legal Rights of the Injured

On the morning of July 24, 2008, Zimmer Holdings, the nation's largest producer of orthopedic devices, announced the suspension of sales of an artificial hip implant component due to a high failure rate. The medical device, a hip socket known as the Durom Cup, was first sold in the U.S. in 2006 and has been implanted in 12,000 patients. Physicians from across the United States have voiced their complaints that this medical device is faulty with possibly hundreds of patients needing replacement surgery in the coming years. Zimmer has denied that the Durom hip implant is defective. Unfortunetly, the Zimmer Corporation has responded that those surgeons that have voiced their concerns may have failed to implant the device properly and was suspending its sale to provide doctors specialized training for the implant surgery.

It is important to understand that well recognized surgeons do not agree with the Zimmer Corporation's assessment. In April 2008, Dr. Lawrence Dorr, an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles, California, publicly warned other orthopedists about cup failures his patients were experiencing. When questioned on Zimmer's announcement, Dr. Dorr told the New York Times that he did not plan to start reusing it. "It is a bad design," he said.

The Injury and Products Laws of Texas provide individuals with legal claims the right to financial compensation for injuries they personally suffer as a result of a defective medical device that fails to perform as advertised, marketed or if the product is defectively designed or manufacuted. Patients may have the right to file a personal injury lawsuit seeking monetary compensation for their pain and suffering, medical expenses including the cost of replacement surgery, lost past and future wages and punitive damages.

If you or a family member have had to undergo replacement surgery for a defective Zimmer hip implant or have been told your Durom hip cup must be replaced, call our Law Firm today.  We can represent you for your defective medical device case. We welcome the opportunity to review your claim. We will respond promptly and there is no charge and obligation on your part to retain our firm as your attorney. For answers to common questions on your case, call us today.