August 06, 2015 - Attention Stryker Hip Implant Recipients in Columbus and other locales in the great state of Ohio! Stryker Corporation has recently agreed to a 1.4 billion dollar settlement in the litigation over its Stryker Rejuvenate and Stryker ABGII metal on metal hip implants. Learn all about the Stryker Hip Settlement Agreement here...
What is the Status of the Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII Hip Litigation?
If you are one of the more than 20,000 people who received a Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip implant, you were likely very upset and anxious when you heard of the Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip recalls in July, 2012. Perhaps you had already experienced problems associated with your Stryker implant, or maybe you had not, yet now wondered whether you would experience the adverse health effects reported by thousands of other Stryker recipients.
While Stryker declined to put an exact number on the risk of failure for their two hip implants, other research has placed that number anywhere from 12% to 65%. Considering the “average” risk of failure for hip implants as a whole is less than 3%, even the lower figure is alarming. To date, over 2,300 patients have filed suit against Stryker, alleging the company was aware of the potential of the implants to create excessive amounts of metal ion debris which could lead to Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip metallosis or metal toxicity.
Stryker marketed the hip implants to a younger, more active demographic, claiming that not only was the new design safer than other metal hip implants, it would last much longer than all other types of hip implant devices. Those claims turned out to be far from true, as little more than two years after releasing the Rejuvenate and ABGII, the company was forced to recall both models. At this time, only seventeen Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip lawsuits have been settled through mediation. Others are being chosen as bellwether cases which will be heard in the summer of 2015. The vast majority of the Stryker cases have been consolidated into Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip multidistrict litigation in New Jersey and Minnesota. As time goes on, it is expected that many more patients harmed by a Stryker device will file a Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip lawsuit.
How the Ohio Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII Hip Statute of Limitations Can Affect You
All states have a statute of limitations which is a specific length of time that consumers have to file a product liability case. The majority of the states operate under a two-year statute, although some states have statutes as short as one year and as long as ten years. In the state of Ohio, any civil cause of action for a product liability case must be filed within two years of the date the injury occurred. While this sounds fairly simple, there can be a wide variance on the determination of when the injury actually occurred.
As an example, you may have suffered diminishment of vision after receiving your Stryker hip implant, yet attributed it to aging rather than to the Stryker device. Later, after the Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip recalls, you may have realized that the loss of vision was a known side effect of Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip implants. The only way to know for sure when your statute began to run is to speak to a knowledgeable Ohio Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip lawyer who can look at the facts of your case and give you the answers you need.
What Led to the Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII Hip Recalls?
Prior to the Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip recalls, Stryker issued an Urgent Field Safety Notification to hospitals and surgeons, which stated the Rejuvenate and ABGII had a higher-than-normal rate of failure, and were prone to Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip fretting and corrosion. This fretting and corrosion could then cause tiny metal ions to shear away from the device, causing symptoms of metallosis when they burrow into hip tissues and metal toxicity when they find their way to the bloodstream Both conditions are extremely serious, and can have long-lasting, even permanent consequences.
How an Ohio Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII Hip Lawyer Can Help
If you believe you have suffered injury and are thinking about filing an Ohio Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip lawsuit, it is important that you seek legal counsel. Having an Ohio Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip lawyer by your side is the only way to know for sure when your statute of limitations will run, and what type of compensation you are entitled to. All Ohio residents, particularly those in the following locales are encouraged to speak to an Ohio Stryker Rejuvenate/ABGII hip lawyer as soon as possible:
· Columbus, Ohio
· Cleveland, Ohio
· Cincinnati, Ohio
· Toledo, Ohio
· Akron, Ohio
· Dayton, Ohio
· Parma, Ohio
· Canton, Ohio