Texas Plaintiff One of the Latest To File A DePuy ASR Lawsuit

Stories from victims who have suffered from the defects in DePuy’s ASR hip replacement systems keep piling up. However, Jane Rogers’ tale is one that details a particularly harrowing four years in which she underwent five surgeries. Ms. Rogers, a financial analyst from Creedmoor, Texas, has incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical and therapy bills due to the ASRs’ defects. This does not even include the income she lost from having to take time off from her job while recovering from the five surgeries. “It’s been a long, long haul,” said Ms. Rogers.

When osteoarthritis developed in her hips, Ms. Rogers had to undergo two different hip replacement surgeries. She thought that the surgeries would result in an improvement – a return to normal pain-free living. However, four years later, she is much worse off than she ever was prior to undergoing hip replacement surgery. While the first two surgeries were necessary to replace Ms. Rogers’s deteriorated hip joints, the last three were necessary only to fix the problems caused by DePuy’s badly-designed ASR hip replacement systems.

Ms. Rogers is just one of tens of thousands of people who have been impacted by DePuy’s recall of its ASR hip replacement systems. Roughly 1,000 lawsuits have been filed regarding the product to date. Claims are alleging multiple problems – issues of premature loosening from the hip bone to the device releasing metal particles into the patient’s body. Such a release of metal particles puts the patient at risk of developing metal toxicity, a serious condition characterized by high levels of metal accumulated in soft tissue surrounding the device and entering the bloodstream.

The story told by Ms. Rodgers is all too familiar to the hip replacement lawyers at the Rottenstein Law Group. RLG’s attorneys are experienced in helping people who have been harmed by negligent companies that release defective products like DePuy’s ASR hip replacement systems. If you received a recalled DePuy implant then you should take the appropriate steps to protect your rights by contacting RLG for a free consultation.