(June 18, 2018, 3:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 13 reversed dismissal of a Smith & Nephew Inc. metal-on-metal hip complaint, saying the plaintiff has or can make plausible claims that the manufacturer failed to warn about early failure rates of its Birmingham Hip Replacement (BHR) hip implants (Lori Spellman v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 17-15351, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15878)....