Hip Replacement Surgery Expert Witness

Court: District Court of Colorado, La Plata County Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jacobs v. Lawton Citation: 2018 Colo. Dist. LEXIS 3549 Facts The plaintiff suffered a permanent sciatic nerve palsy injury during a total hip arthroplasty performed by the defendants.…

Court: Court of Appeals of Michigan Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Lilly v. Grand Trunk W. R.R. Co Citation: 2019 Mich. App. LEXIS 85 Facts This case involves a worker’s compensation claim filed under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA). The…

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194777 This case involves multidistrict litigation (MDL) against defendant device manufacturer, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.…

This case involves an 80-year-old man who underwent a right hip resection arthroplasty including removal of femoral head and neck. Several months later, he underwent a right hip arthrotomy and hip abscess drainage at the same hospital. During this surgery, a wound…

This case involves a 79-year-old male patient who underwent a scheduled hip replacement. The surgeon had requested a size 36 implant for the patient’s procedure. The size 36 implant arrived in mislabeled packaging and had actually held a size 33…

This case involves a 76-year-old female patient who suffered an injury during a physical therapy session. The patient was in the midst of recovering from a hip replacement surgery and was required to use a treadmill as part of her…

This case involves a male patient in his early sixties who underwent a total hip replacement in order to treat severe degenerative joint disease of his right hip. The patient elected to undergo a total hip replacement after conferring with an…

This case involves a young female patient who began to complain of persistent pain in her left hip some time after giving birth to her second child. After the pain began to get progressively worse, an MRI was ordered. The…

This case involves a patient who was admitted to the hospital for an elective total left hip replacement. After surgery, the patient complained of an inability to flex or extend their left ankle. The impression in the medical note was…