Zimmer Hip Settlements Offered to Hip Revision Patients - Wary Patients Seek Legal Advice

August 28, 2008 -- Zimmer Hip Settlements are reportedly being offered by Zimmer to Durom Cup Hip patients who are not yet represented by lawyers and who need a revision due to the failure of the Durom Cup. The reported offers are inadequate and seek to take advantage of the patients, according to lawyers representing patients implanted with the Durom Cup. Patients should seek independent legal advice before accepting any offers of settlement.

The Zimmer Durom Cup was recently reported to a have a high rate of failure due to the device failing to seat properly and bond in place. Patients from across the United States who have had problems since receiving the Durom hip implant are now facing hip revision surgeries due to the defective Durom cup . Zimmer allowed the Durom hip implant to remain on the market and to be implanted in patients even after numerous adverse events involving the product were reported and problems with the Zimmer hip device were pointed out to the company by a well-known orthopedic surgeon.

According to the Zimmer Hip lawyers at the Johnson Law Firm, a national law firm that has represented patients from all 50 states in defective medical device and drug litigation, the Zimmer hip settlement offers may seem significant to the patient but actually may be only a fraction of what the case is worth.

The Johnson Law Firm’s Zimmer hip lawyers believe that there are several reasons why patients should seek independent legal advice prior to settling their claims.

“In our experience the Zimmer Durom Cup settlement offers made to the patients are only a fraction or what we expect these cases to be worth, in many cases the patients simply do not know what compensation they are entitled to recover under the law. In cases where the patient may need additional medical care or where the patient has not yet fully recovered, it may be premature to determine what the case is worth since the patient’s damages may continue to rise until all necessary medical procedures and healing have taken place. If a lien or subrogation issue is mishandled the patient could end up responsible for amounts that exceed the settlement.

Ongoing Zimmer hip settlement discussions may also cause the patients to delay contacting a lawyer during a time when steps need to be taken by a lawyer to attempt to preserve evidence. Patients should be sure to contact a lawyer prior to any revision surgery so that steps can be taken to preserve any evidence that may be needed to substantiate the defect of the Zimmer Durom Cup. Therefore we are advising patients not to sign any settlement agreement until they consulted with a lawyer who is experienced at handling defective medical device cases.”

 “We have clients from across the United States who were implanted with this defective Zimmer Hip. We are proud to represent these clients in lawsuits against the manufacturer of these defective hip replacements. We intend to seek every measure of damages allowed by law for our clients in these cases and we will hold this manufacturer accountable.”

Affected  Zimmer Durom Cup Hip patients can contact the Zimmer Hip Implant Claims hotline for a free claim evaluation by calling toll free nationwide at 1-866-374-0338 or by visiting the firm’s website http://www.lawyersforclients.com/zimmer-durom-cup-hip-implant/index.php

The Johnson Law Firm has represented thousands of people and their families in cases where defective medical devices or defective pharmaceutical drugs have caused serious injuries or death. The firm has clients from every state.

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