Unpublished Newswire

Tony Kinney thought the metal device implanted in his hip by a surgeon in 2006 would relieve his pain. But instead, he says, it left him living in anguish and unable to work. “I can’t do anything. I’ve lost everything I own, house and possessions,” he says. Metal-on-metal hip devices, like the kind Kinney received, have been the subject of concern — and even lawsuits — for more than 15 years. The devices have been known to cause pain, potential metal poisoning and the need for additional surgeries in some patients. The devices are no longer used at all for total hip replacements in...