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Defective medical devices and dangerous drugs can cause injuries that upend a person’s life with no warning. Baker Legal Team represents people nationwide in mass tort claims against the manufacturers behind those products, and our lead case right now involves the Cartiva toe implant. If a product you were prescribed or implanted with caused harm, a free case review can tell you where you stand.
Do you qualify? If you received a Cartiva synthetic cartilage implant in your big toe and later needed revision surgery, a fusion, or ongoing treatment for pain, you may have a claim.
Stryker recalled all four Cartiva implant sizes in October 2024, and federal cases are now consolidated in MDL No. 3172 in the Eastern District of Arkansas. Lawsuits allege the device was defective and that patients and surgeons were not adequately warned. Stryker disputes these allegations.
Our Cartiva toe implant lawsuit page explains who is eligible, which records help, and how a free case review works.
Robert Baker has spent 30 years litigating against manufacturers who put a defective product on the market and hoped no one would notice. As State Liaison Counsel in the defective breast implant MDL, he coordinated claims tied to a failed medical device. His work on personal watercraft cases against Yamaha and Bombardier led to a $39 million jury verdict, the largest ever against a personal watercraft manufacturer, and is credited with forcing worldwide design changes.
That same design-defect approach applies whether the product is an implant cleared by the FDA or a piece of recreational equipment built to industry specifications. Our breakdown of how the law treats defective medical devices and defective watercraft walks through why the two categories share more legal ground than people expect.
Baker Legal Team currently handles Cartiva toe implant claims and other defective drug and medical device litigation nationwide. Past results, including the $39 million watercraft verdict, do not guarantee a similar outcome in any other case, and manufacturers dispute the allegations at issue in ongoing litigation.
A mass tort lawsuit is a civil claim brought by one of many people who say they were harmed by the same product, such as a drug or medical device. Each person keeps an individual case with individual damages, even though the cases share common evidence about how the product was designed, tested, or marketed.
A mass tort is different from a class action because each injured person files and resolves an individual claim. In a class action, one or a few representatives sue on behalf of a whole group, and everyone in the class usually shares the same outcome. Mass torts fit cases where injuries vary from person to person.
An MDL in a mass tort case is multidistrict litigation, a federal procedure that moves similar lawsuits from courts around the country to one judge for pretrial proceedings. The cases share discovery and early rulings, but each one remains a separate lawsuit. If a case does not resolve during the MDL, it can be sent back to the court where it was filed.
Hiring a mass tort lawyer at Baker Legal Team costs nothing up front. The case review is free, and there are no fees unless we recover compensation for you.
Yes, you can file a mass tort claim with Baker Legal Team if you live outside Florida. We review defective drug and medical device claims nationwide, and federal MDL cases are handled in a single court regardless of where the injured person lives.
Failed Cartiva toe implant — or diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma after taking Dupixent? You may be entitled to compensation. No fees unless we win.
