Q: I had to receive a second hip replacement on my right hip because my first hip replacement came out of the socket four

A: You may have a medical malpractice case. Also, if had a Depuy or other metal-on-metal hip implant, you may have a products liability claim.

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A: The question I like to ask potential clients who believe they have been injured by medical malpractice is: "How are you doing now?" In many cases even though the doctor or medical providers did something or failed to do something that was below the standard of care that caused an injury, the end result is crucial. You suffered an enormous amount of pain and discomfort unnecessarily from your description, but if the problems you had have been remedied it would not be a case that my firm would take on because the upside of your damages is limited. That is to say there may well be an abundance of negligence in the way your surgeries were handled, but if you made a satisfactory recovery from follow up and remedial surgeries, the case would not be financially beneficial to you at the end given the very high costs of prosecuting any medical malpractice case and the fact that juries generally have difficulty finding doctors, hospitals and medical providers responsible for injuries to patients except in the most egregious of cases. In any event, I would have to know a lot more about your situation.