Houston Law Firm Sullo & Sullo Says Reviewing and Processing of DePuy Hip Claims Will Go Forward. HOUSTON, TX, June 22, 2015—An update to the status of the DePuy ASR Hip Settlement Agreement was issued by the Claims Processor on June 16, 2015 as Alert No. 2015-3. The update concerns Article 17, the Walk Away Right Option. The original Settlement Agreement required that at least 94%...

May 12, 2015 - DePuy ASR Hip Metallosis and DePuy ASR Hip Metal Toxicity - When the metal ions delve into the surrounding hip tissues, symptoms of metallosis can occur. These symptoms include inflammation, chronic pain in the hip, groin and thigh, deterioration and destruction of tissue and bone, failure of the hip implant and the necessity for the patient to undergo hip revision surgery. When the cobalt and chromium...

Understanding the DePuy ASR Hip Revision Process - If your doctor has advised that you have DePuy ASR hip revision surgery due to high cobalt and chromium levels or if your DePuy ASR hip has failed, you may wonder just what this process entails. Out of the 460,000 hip replacements which occurred in 2010, 56,000 of these were...