Posts Tagged: Pinnacle MoM Hips

They claimed that using a Pinnacle MoM hip significant increased to risk of revision surgery within 10 years

Patients seeking compensations claimed that the Pinnacle MoM hip was legally defective, without finding fault…

Depuy argued that consumers are not entitled to expect a level of safety that can not be achieved with any known technology – and since over

Patients seeking compensations claimed that the Pinnacle MoM hip was legally defective, without finding fault…

The Patient’s Experience When delivering product liability training we use case studies help develop people’s understanding of the law, showing how it applies in the real world of product design, manufacturing and marketing. My last post discussed the design and development of Depuy’s range of artificial hips, including the Pinnacle metal on metal (MoM) hip…. Read more »

Without alleging that Depuy had been negligent, they claimed the product was legally defective. So the Judge was asked to interpret and apply Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act and the EU Product Liability Directive to this case, focusing on the question common to all the claims