Updates

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics announced on May 16 that it will stop sales of metal-on-metal hip replacements. This comes after the company saw the market for the products drop significantly amid lawsuits and calls for increased regulation and after the 2010 recall of the DePuy ASR hip implant. Johnson… Read more

As pretrial proceedings progress in the first bellwether DePuy ASR hip trial in federal court RLG an ASR law firm reports that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy has motioned to exclude evidence of the recalls of the ASR and other DePuy products. The firm provides more information on the ASR metal-on-metal hip… Read more

Following a Los Angeles jury’s award of $8.3 million to plaintiff Loren Kransky in a DePuy ASR lawsuit manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to put the award on hold while it files an appeal according to court documents. RLG urges those looking to file a DePuy ASR lawsuit to… Read more

As the company faces thousands of DePuy ASR lawsuits across the nation Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy received FDA approval of its premarket approval application supplement in April 2013 for a ceramic-on-ceramic total hip replacement system. The Rottenstein Law Group a DePuy ASR law firm notes that this all-ceramic system differs from… Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a smartphone app for doctors to more easily report safety issues with high-risk medical devices such as metal-on-metal hip replacements according to the Wall Street Journal. RLG maintains a Hip Replacement Lawsuit Center that offers information on hip implants and filing a hip lawsuit and represents clients in… Read more

The Consumers Union the organization that publishes Consumer Reports sent the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a letter this month asking the FDA to ensure that metal-on-metal hips and surgical mesh undergo the FDA’s most stringent review processes. RLG noting that the letter was backed by the signatures of 11 000 people … Read more

A jury in the second DePuy ASR trial in the nation found in favor of defendant DePuy Pharmaceuticals after a monthlong trial in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois according to court records (Strum v. DePuy (2011-L-009352 Cook County [Ill.] Circuit Court)). RLG while disappointed by this verdict notes that this… Read more

The jury in the nation’s second DePuy ASR trial is expected to deliberate next week in Chicago to determine if Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy must pay plaintiff Carol Strum damages for injuries she allegedly suffered from her DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant according to court documents (In Re DePuy ASR Hip… Read more

A key DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant designer testified on April 2 in an Illinois court that even though he believed the design process was thorough he would not implant the device today. RLG a DePuy ASR law firm responds to court documents that show Dr. Thomas P. Schmalzried who was… Read more

A man whose wife sued Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics over its Depuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant testified this week in Chicago that his wife lived in constant pain following revision surgery required because the device was allegedly defective by design. RLG which represents clients in DePuy ASR hip lawsuits is closely… Read more

The president of DePuy Orthopaedics asserted last week under questioning in the second DePuy ASR hip trial that the metal-on-metal hip implant was recalled because of a high rate of corrective surgery required in patients—and not because the device’s design was defective. RLG which represents clients in DePuy ASR lawsuits is following the… Read more

A new DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement trial was scheduled to begin this week in Illinois state court in Chicago according to court records. Carol Strum a 54-year-old nurse from Illinois alleges that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn of the risks associated with the device’s defective design. This… Read more

On Friday March 8 jurors in the first DePuy ASR hip replacement trial in the nation awarded plaintiff Loren Kransky 65 $8.34 million in damages but declined to assess punitive damages against DePuy and its parent company Johnson & Johnson according to a Bloomberg report. RLG which files DePuy… Read more

As the jury deliberates over a verdict in the nation’s first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit to go to trial—of potentially thousands—the Rottenstein Law Group responds to the plaintiff’s attorney’s assertion during closing arguments that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics knew the recalled ASR hip replacement implant was defective but continued to sell the device. … Read more

As the nation’s first DePuy ASR trial—of potentially thousands—nears its end an expert for Johnson & Johnson the company whose subsidiary made the now-recalled ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system testified that it was the plaintiff’s various health problems and not his since-removed ASR hip implant that caused him metal poisoning and infection…. Read more

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 22 Johnson & Johnson announced that the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office were investigating the marketing practices of its subsidiary DePuy maker of the recalled ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system according to the Washington Post. The Rottenstein Law… Read more

On Feb. 19 jurors in the nation’s first DePuy ASR hip replacement trial In re: Loren Kransky and Sheryl Kransky v. DePuy Inc. et al. (BC456086 Los Angeles Superior Court) heard testimony from plaintiff Kransky himself the Rottenstein Law Group reports. Kransky 65 a retired prison guard… Read more

More women than men require repeat hip replacement surgery within three years of receiving an implant according to a recent CBS story. RLG a metal-on-metal hip replacement law firm has been following metal-on-metal hip lawsuits noting with concern the growing evidence about the devices’ failure rates. The study mentioned… Read more

Last month Johnson & Johnson initiated another DePuy recall this time centered on its Adept line of metal-on-metal hip replacement components according to a Feb. 14 Reuters report. This is the second such device Johnson & Johnson has withdrawn from the market the other being the DePuy ASR which it recalled in… Read more

More testimony during the DePuy ASR trial points toward potential problems for Johnson & Johnson. The company’s marketing department allegedly encouraged its sales staff in emails and at a conference to be “ruthless” about selling the later-recalled DePuy ASR hip replacement system RLG reports after reviewing videotaped testimony given on Feb. 13 at the trial… Read more