Multiple news agencies have been covering the cases against Johnson & Johnson filed over the potentially defective ASR metal-on-metal hip implants. The second case is now being heard y a jury in Illinois, reports show. According to one of the reports, the patient’s attorney told a Chicago jury that the company should award the victim at least $5 million for the suffering she experienced in association with the fitting of the hip implants. The case involving the Illinois nurse is (read more)
Read MoreIt’s no secret that several patients who were fitted with ASR hip implants are now filing lawsuits against DePuy and Johnson & Johnson. Multiple reports have been covering the trials in the United States and the class action lawsuit filed in Australia. Other news sources also covered the possible lawsuits that would be filed against J&J in Europe over the same issue. According to recent news reports, during the second lawsuit trials, a former DePuy marketing director offered a testimony (read more)
Read MoreMultiple international news agencies have reported that the UK’s defense minister has reportedly suffered serious adverse reactions that have been linked a DePuy’s ASR hip implant he received in 2006. This doesn’t come as a surprise given the fact that thousands of patients are now suing Johnson & Jonson over health issues related to the defective and recalled ASR hip implants. The reports show that the former Armed Forces Minister and war veteran was fitted with the metal ASR hip (read more)
Read MoreMultiple news agencies have indicated that in a recent hearing that a former DePuy employee was aware of e-mails containing information pertinent to how the issues related to the ASR hip implants were linked to a design defect. The information was made available during a video testimony that was heard by jurors during the second DePuy ASR trial. According to the testimony, a colleague was claiming that problems with the ASR hips could be traced back to the device’s defective (read more)
Read MoreMultiple news agencies have reported that Johnson & Johnson is facing a class action lawsuit filed against the company over the defective hip implants in Australia. According to the reports, 4,500 Australians with the implants suffered with health issues linked to the potentially defective device that was recalled back in 2010. They are now fighting back by filing a lawsuit against J&J, the company responsible for the devices. Attorneys say that although the device was designed defectively, the company failed (read more)
Read MoreAccording to several news agencies, the president of the DePuy unit, which is part of Johnson & Johnson, has reportedly claimed that all 93,000 units of ASR all-metal hip implants linked to the 2010 recall were pulled from the market for not meeting clinical expectations. The multiple articles covering this story noted that the recall was not linked in any way with design defects, which was what ultimately was linked to several cases of adverse reactions that led to the (read more)
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Mar
2013
DePuy Maintains ASR Hips Are Not Defective
Multiple media outlets have been covering the recent reports on the first lawsuit filed against DePuy Orthopaedics. According to the reports, in spite of the fact the plaintiff was awarded over $8 million after the case was heard by the jurors, DePuy executives still deny that the company’s hip implants made entirely out of metal is defective. Evidence reportedly showed that the company and its executives were aware of a potential design flaw that could result in adverse reactions before (read more)
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Mar
2013
J&J Faces Second Trial Over DePuy All-Metal Hips
Johnson & Johnson has recently lost an $8.3 million verdict in the first trial concerning DePuy’s ASR all metal-hip implants. Now, the company is facing the second trial linked to the potentially defective product. According to the reports, the company’s lawyer has denied that the hip implant was designed defectively. The plaintiff in the second case, a 54-year-old woman from Illinois, has claimed that the ASR hip implant she received has failed three years after the surgery and that as (read more)
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Mar
2013
$8.3 Million Awarded In First ASR Hip Case
Multiple news agencies have reported the jury has awarded $8.3 million to the man who filed the first lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. According to the reports, the jury decided on awarding the Plaintiff after hearing both sides during the first DePuy hip implant trial. According to the reports, lawyers accused the company and the DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary to market the all-metal hip implants while aware of the product’s defective design. According to the reports, jurors decided that the ASR (read more)
Read MoreAccording to a series of news agencies, Johnson & Johnson is under investigation by federal agencies looking into the company’s marketing practices. The reports show that after the line of hip implants that has been recalled in 2010 may have been marketed in spite of the product’s potential design flaw. According to some of the reports, the company is believed to have been aware of the flaw before the product was marketed. The probe, reports show, initiated with an “informal (read more)
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