J&J Agrees to Multibillion Dollar Hip Implant Settlement

The first federal trial against DePuy Orthopedics, which was set to begin on Monday, has been postponed another two weeks, pursuant to an order issued by Judge David Katz on September 6. The federal lawsuit, which was filed by a woman who alleged that her DePuy ASR XL hip implant failed, causing her hip to […]

More than 10,000 lawsuits are currently pending against Johnson & Johnson in connection with its all-metal DePuy Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R., hip implant systems. The first of these lawsuits have just started going to trial. These first trials – which are often called bellwether cases – are used by both plaintiffs and defendants to […]

A jury recently ordered Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of DePuy Orthopedics, to pay more than $8.3 million in damages to a Montana man who was injured by one of DePuy’s hip implant systems – $338,000 for medical expenses and $8 million for pain and emotional suffering. This case was the first of more […]

New details are emerging about what medical manufacturers may have known about the dangers of all-metal hip implants in the first of approximately 10,000 lawsuits to go to trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson is liable for producing a defective hip implant and failed to warn patients of the device’s risks. According to this […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Association’s (FDA) examination of metal-on-metal hip implants, and the wave of litigation against the makers of recalled hip implants, has revealed some disturbing information regarding what the hip implant manufacturers may have known about the safety of all-metal hip implants. Specifically, court documents made public in connection with a lawsuit […]

Metal-on-metal hip implants could soon be a thing of the past, if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way. Last summer, the FDA issued a report indicating that data revealed that metal-on-metal hip replacement systems are more likely to fail than other hip implant devices. Although the FDA stopped short of banning […]

Hip and knee replacement systems are one of the most popular medical devices used today.  Each year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee replacement. Despite the popularity of hip replacement systems and the commonality of hip replacement procedures, however, the number of complaints regarding metal-on-metal hip implants continues to soar. […]

Metal-on-metal knee implants – just like metal-on-metal hip implants – have been known to cause medical complications. Metal-on-metal implants deteriorate more quickly than other implants, causing metal ions to leak into the bloodstream and surrounding tissues. Several lawsuits have been filed against Zimmer, the manufacturer of the NexGen knee implant, alleging that the Zimmer metal-on-metal […]

The first bellwether trials have been set in connection with the litigation surrounding the defective DePuy hip implants. Judge David Katz of the U.S. District Court, District of Northern Ohio has scheduled the first bellwether trials in the DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation(MDL No. 2197) for May 6, 2013 and July […]