The DePuy ASR Hip: Status of the Litigation

The DePuy ASR hip implant, approved by the FDA in 2005 and recalled in August, 2010 has had over 6,000 lawsuits filed against DePuy and parent company Johnson & Johnson. For states which operate under a two-year statute of limitations, that SOL ran this past August.
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Johnson & Johnson Settles First Three DePuy Cases for over $600,000

Over 8,000 lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, DePuy regarding the ASR metal-on-metal hip implant after it was found to have a much higher than normal failure rate as well as causing other health issues including metal toxicity. In many recipients the metal ball and cup rub against one another with such force that microscopic cobalt and chromium ions are released into the body.
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The DePuy ASR Hip SOL Has Passed, but You May Still Have a Chance to File

For the thousands of victims of the DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant, their window of opportunity to recover compensation for the injuries they sustained as a result of the defective medical device may have come and gone. There are limited circumstances, however, in which a skilled and experienced attorney could secure an extension to the stated statute of limitations.
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Will You Be Part of the Expected Johnson & Johnson Hip Implant Settlement?

In the past, few hip replacement surgeries were performed on people younger than the age of sixty under the theory that older people tend to be less physically active, therefore would place less stress on the artificial hip implant. Over the past decade, however, doctors have been more willing to consider hip replacement surgery in younger people who suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or those who have had injuries, fractures or bone tumors.
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Was Johnson & Johnson Aware of Problems with the ASR Implant?

After the 2010 national recall of defective DePuy ASR hip implants, it was discovered that Johnson & Johnson may have been aware of problems with the product for as long as a year before the recall. The New York Times reported in February 2012 that an internal e-mail at Johnson and Johnson revealed knowledge of the flawed devices as early as 2009, prior to the recall.
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