N.Y. Federal Judge Dismisses Stryker Hip Action as Inadequately Pled

NEW YORK — A New York federal judge has dismissed an action alleging injuries caused by a Stryker replacement hip, finding the plaintiff failed to specify how the device’s hydroxyapatite coating caused his injuries.

In an Oct. 7 order dismissing the case in its entirety, Judge Jesse J. Furman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the plaintiff failed to identify any actual defect in the hydroxyapatite coating.

Jeffrey Rodman underwent hip replacement surgery in January 2011, in which his surgeon used a replacement hip that included four components. A year later, …