- Affirmative Recovery
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- American Indian Law and Policy
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- Appellate Advocacy and Guidance
- Business Litigation
- Civil Rights and Police Misconduct
- Class Action Litigation
- Commercial/Project Finance and Real Estate
- Corporate Governance and Special Situations
- Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy
- Domestic and International Arbitration
- Ediscovery
- Health Care Litigation
- Insurance and Catastrophic Loss
- Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation
- Litigation Support Services
- Mass Tort Attorneys
- Medical Malpractice Attorneys
- Personal Injury Attorneys
- Telecommunications Litigation and Arbitration
- Wealth Planning, Administration, and Disputes
-
October 22, 2020Scott Gautier Elected to 2021 TMA Executive Board
-
October 20, 2020Boston Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
-
October 19, 2020Seasoned Health Care Litigator Joins Robins Kaplan
-
October 23, 2020LGBTQ Legal Services: Transgender Name Change Clinic
-
October 27, 2020Use of Deadly Force by Law Enforcement
-
October 28, 2020Bold Engineering: Innovations in Law Firm Pricing Models
-
Fall 2020From the Trenches: A Spotlight Interview with Larry Farese
-
October 21, 2020How a Big Law Firm Is Tackling Real Estate Realities in a Pandemic
-
Fall 2020The IRS Says “Nice Try.” Case Illustrations of Unsuccessful Valuation Efforts
Hip Replacement System Defects
You must read the following notice before sending an e-mail message to Robins Kaplan LLP.
Any information that you send us in an e-mail message should not be confidential or otherwise privileged information. Sending us an e-mail message will not make you a client of Robins Kaplan LLP. We do not accept representation until we have had an opportunity to evaluate your matter, including but not limited to an ethical evaluation of whether we are in a conflict position to represent you. Accordingly, the information you provide to us in an e-mail should not be information for which you would have an expectation of confidentiality.
If you are interested in having us represent you, you should call us so we can determine whether the matter is one for which we are willing or able to accept professional responsibility. We will not make this determination by e-mail communication. The telephone numbers and addresses for our offices are listed on this page. We reserve the right to decline any representation. We may be required to decline representation if it would create a conflict of interest with our other clients.
By accepting these terms, you are confirming that you have read and understood this important notice.
Mass Tort Attorneys Investigating Defective Hip Replacement Systems
Robins Kaplan’s Mass Tort Group is currently investigating cases involving Zimmer Biomet’s total hip replacement components, the M/L Taper Hip Stem and M/L Taper with Kinectiv® Technology hip stem.
Recently, there have been reports of early revisions due to corrosion at the junction between the hip stems and cobalt chrome heads in these total hip replacements.1 The failure appears to occur at the taper lock, which is the part of the hip implant that connects the femoral head (ball) to the femoral neck. The Australian Orthopaedic Association’s National Joint Replacement Registry listed the M/L Taper with Kinectiv® Technology as having “higher than anticipated rates of revision.”2
Patients implanted with these hip components may experience elevated cobalt and/or chromium metal levels in their blood, loss of mobility, pain, inflammation, ALTR (adverse local tissue reaction), dislocation, joint instability, and the need for revision surgery. If you have had a total hip replacement and think your symptoms may be related to a taper lock failure of the Zimmer Biomet M/L Taper or M/L Taper with Kinectiv® stem, call Robins Kaplan LLP at 1.800.553.9910 and speak to a registered nurse.
[1] Canham C et al. Corrosion and Adverse Local Tissue Reaction After Total Hip Arthroplasty with a Modular Titanium Alloy Femoral Neck, Arthroplast. Today, 2017 Dec; 3(4); 211-214 (corrosion at the head/neck junction in an M/L Taper with Kinectiv® technology stem with metal head) (accessible at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712034/ ); Manth M, et al., Trunnion Corrosion Causing Failure in Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty with Monolithic Femoral Components, Reconstructive Rev., Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2016 (corrosion at the head/neck junction in an M/L Taper stem with metal head) (accessible on the web at https://reconstructivereview.org/ojs/index.php/rr/article/view/131/166).
[2] https://aoanjrr.sahmri.com/zh/annual-reports-2015/prostheses-investigations/-/document_library_display/0L9rf8tbBCcY/view/455855
If you are interested in having us represent you, you should call us so we can determine whether the matter is one for which we are willing or able to accept professional responsibility. We will not make this determination by e-mail communication. The telephone numbers and addresses for our offices are listed on this page. We reserve the right to decline any representation. We may be required to decline representation if it would create a conflict of interest with our other clients.
By accepting these terms, you are confirming that you have read and understood this important notice.