Biomet

A St. Louis jury sent a $20 million dollar message to Biomet Orthopedics in Federal Court today. The verdict sided clearly in favor of Mary Bayes, who suffered extensive heavy metal poisoning and 6 traumatic …Read More »

Internal documents about metal on metal hips that Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) fought hard to keep secret are now public, and some of the contents are troubling.Recently, a judge ruled in favor of mctlaw demand to unseal dozens …Read More »

JANUARY 17, 2020 (Sarasota, FL)  — Zimmer Biomet Holdings’ (ZBH) most recent quarterly financial report puts the litigation liability for the M2a-Magnum hip at $65.7-million. Since May 2018, the expected cost of litigation from the …Read More »

mctlaw Attorney Michael Cowgill explains the status of the Zimmer Biomet Litigation. To date, Zimmer Biomet is the only metal on metal hip manufacturer who has yet to face a jury in trial. “We’re looking forward to finally …Read More »

Sarasota, FL — (December 17, 2019) Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZBH)  (SWX:ZBH) is facing almost 20 jury trials across the country between 2020 through 2021. The barrage of trials begins May 2020 in Seattle, WA and spans venues …Read More »

Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. created a petition demanding the FDA recall these defective metal on metal hip replacements.  Please consider signing below, and sharing to friends and family. mctlaw Petition Please click here to …Read More »

NBC News investigative reporters sat down with Andrew Chappell to speak about his Biomet M2a hip replacement nightmare. Reporters wonder why seven nations, including Australia and Germany, knew about serious problems with the Biomet M2a …Read More »

(Sacramento, CA – November 23, 2018)  Three California residents filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Court against Biomet Orthopaedics.  The suit says that Biomet sold defective Magnum metal on metal hip replacements to these patients, …Read More »

A Florida judge allows the attorneys at Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. to go after punitive damages against Zimmer Biomet as part of three Florida residents’ lawsuit in Fort Lauderdale. Punitive damages are a type …Read More »

(Ft. Lauderdale, FL – May 3, 2018)  Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. files yet another lawsuit against Biomet Orthopedics on behalf of 3 Florida patients who all had to undergo traumatic hip revision surgery because …Read More »

(San Francisco, CA – April 26, 2018) A team of attorneys led by Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco, CA against Biomet Orthopedics on behalf of a patient who …Read More »

Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. is the only law firm in the country allowed to question Biomet representatives under oath about the connection between alleged unethical business practices and their M2a metal on metal hip …Read More »

Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A., and its partner Nash & Franciskato are the ONLY law firms in the country to demand and get access to internal Biomet documents showing dangerous quality control issues at the …Read More »

Losing patience with Biomet, the Court forces Biomet to produce its internal communications with its sales representatives and to explain what efforts it actually took to find the requested communications. Read Order Forcing Biomet to …Read More »

In extensive arguments with Biomet, Maglio Christopher and Toale, P.A., convinced the court that Biomet’s search protocols for the MDL documents were so poor that they resulted in the production of a large number of useless …Read More »

Upset that Biomet has seemingly sat on its hands for nearly a year, the court forced Biomet to produce to our clients all audio and video files responsive to the request. The court also warns …Read More »

(Sarasota, FL – March 20, 2018) The first Biomet M2a metal on metal hip replacement trial in the United States is set for September 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  It is a significant legal challenge …Read More »

As Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. turned up the heat on Biomet requesting documents related to their M2a metal on metal hips, Biomet fought back by adopting a “scorched earth” strategy of multiple objections to …Read More »

In the American court system, federal and state courts operate completely independently of each other.   Biomet’s victories up until this point all occurred in the Multi-District Litigation (MDL), which is part of the federal court …Read More »

The threat of a trial is typically a very strong bargaining chip to help sides reach a settlement in a case.   For plaintiffs, the bargaining chip is that a trial will ensure that bad behavior …Read More »

During the “discovery” phase of a case, the patients suing Biomet are allowed to request documents and depositions (interviews) from Biomet in order to “discover” evidence for their eventual trial.  Unfortunately, the plaintiffs (patients suing Biomet) in …Read More »

In October of 2012, a federal judicial panel consolidated lawsuits across the United States involving the Biomet M2a Magnum hip replacements into one federal court.  This move created Multi-District Litigation (MDL) No. 2391. What is …Read More »

(Seattle, WA – November 28, 2017) – Three patients suffering heavy metal poisoning from a metal on metal hip replacement filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Seattle against Biomet Orthopaedics. The three patients experienced heavy metal …Read More »

Nationally recognized medical journalist, Heidi Godman, invited Attorney Ilyas Sayeg on her radio show to discuss problems with metal on metal hip implants.  Mr. Sayeg explains what’s going wrong with MoM hips and what patients …Read More »

(August 1, 2017) Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, and leading jetliner manufacturer sued Zimmer Biomet over the defective M2a Magnum hip implant. Boeing says one of its employees suffered an industrial injury that was …Read More »

(January 12, 2017) Zimmer Biomet agreed to pay a $17.4 million criminal penalty in connection with a scheme to bribe South American, Mexican and Chinese doctors to use the company’s products. According to the Justice Department, …Read More »

(August 3, 2017) A Federal Judge says a Missouri man injured by a defective M2a Magnum hip replacement can sue a sales representative who was present at his surgery.  The judge removed the case from an …Read More »

(Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2016) Zimmer Biomet is warning European surgeons about problems with the M2a 38mm metal on metal hip implants but has NOT issued any warnings in the United States for patients …Read More »

High Incidence of Pseudotumors After Hip Resurfacing Even in Low-Risk Patients; Results From Intensified MRI Screening Protocol Abstract A Metal-on-Metal hip pseudotumor is a mass of tissue that can form and grow around a Metal-on-Metal …Read More »

Revision of a Single Type of Large Metal Head Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Abstract Large-head metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasties were introduced because of their purported advantages. Inflammatory pseudotumors occasionally occur after MoM hip arthroplasty and often …Read More »