Sulzer's Inter-Op
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Recalled hip implant recipient Rhonda Silva files product liability lawsuit Jan. 19 through Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein against Sulzer Orthopedics parent Sulzer Medica in California Superior Court in Alameda County. Although Sulzer issued a Dec. 8 press release announcing the recall, the plaintiff alleges that the Swiss company failed to issue warnings of the defect to physicians and the general public following reports of the defective acetabular shells as early as October 1999 (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 22, 2001, p. 14)