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DePuy Orthopaedics continues to be sued for its hip replacement devices. One type – the Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) – has already attracted lawsuits across the country based on allegations that it fails too soon and causes metal to enter patients’ bloodstream. Now it must defend another metal ball and socket device, the Pinnacle.   Virginia Man Struggles with Revisions Personal injury law firm Alonso Krangle on Apr. 15 announced that it had filed a new suit in the Dallas multidistrict …

A jury awarded $11.5 million to a former high school football player accusing helmet maker Riddell Sports, Inc. of causing brain injuries he suffered as a teenager. In 2008, during football practice at Trinidad High School in Trinidad, Colo., Rhett Ridolfi, now 22, suffered a concussion. He wasn’t taken to the hospital right away and is now paralyzed on the left side and has severe brain damage. His parents sued Riddell, alleging the helmet was defective and that the company was …

The man who years ago gave Charlie Brown his voice in the iconic “Peanuts” cartoons pleaded guilty to stalking charges after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend and hounding her for repayment for her breast enhancement surgery. Good grief. Peter Robbins also pleaded guilty in the California courtroom to stalking the doctor he paid to perform the surgery. He faces a maximum of three years in prison when he is sentenced in May. Prosecutors said Robbins’ then-girlfriend Shawna Kern broke off the …

A girl whose cochlear hearing device implant became waterlogged, causing her to receive severe electric shocks leading to convulsions, won a $7.2 million jury award. Breanna Sadler, of Vine Grove, Ky., was 4 years old when her parents decided to have the device surgically implanted. The device, sometimes called a “bionic ear,” is placed into the bone of the skull and wires attach it to a magnet that allows a severely deaf or hearing-impaired person to hear sounds. After the …

Lawsuits may proceed against the owner of the Colorado movie theater that was the scene of last summer’s grisly massacre that left 12 people dead and dozens more injured, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Ten lawsuits for wrongful death and premises liability will advance to the discovery process, while the judge did disallow general negligence claims against Cinemark USA, owner of the Aurora theater. The suits allege that Cinemark did not have adequate security in place, which could have prevented or mitigated the mass …