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Lawsuit Funding Case Study

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Lawsuit funding is a risk-free cash advance to plaintiffs to help them get the medical treatment and surgery procedures they need now while they seek the legal settlement they deserve. Lawsuit funding provides immediate cash for medical and surgery bills as well as your regular monthly expenses, such as mortgage, car payments, grocery bills and other expenditures. If you are a complainant in the malfunctioning DePuy hip replcement (Pinnacle or the ASR type) lawsuit and going through financial and psychological problems than you might be entitled or a hip implant funding for litigation or lawsuit funding. Who is Eligible for DePuy Hip Replacement Lawsuit Funding or Settlement Loan? Lawsuit Funding is extremely helpful financial help for the personal injury plaintiffs who had suffered from a defective DePuy hip implant surgery (Pinnacle or the ASR type) and are currently involved in a DePuy hip …show more content…

Nearly 40,000 patients in the U.S. received the DePuy ASR implant from August 2005 through August 2010, when DePuy, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, recalled the device. FDA Warning on Metal on Metal Hip Implants: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has stated that there are "unique risks" for metal-on-metal artificial hips because tiny metal ions can wear off and damage nearby tissue. Patients who received all metal implants should be aware of symptoms of a defective metal hip implant. J&J and DePuy, however, continue to deny any legal responsibility to patients who received these metal implants and have had had to undergo often painful revision surgery to replace their defective artificial hips. As per a NY Time article: "Most of the patients got stuck with the bill for the revision surgery to fix their defective hip implant". Implications of DePuy Hip Replacement

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