Tuesday, March 19, 2013

DePuy Faces Second Trial Over Alleged Defective Hip Implants In Chicago


DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson and Johnson, has began fielding strong defense lawyers as the second trial over their alleged “defective” DePuy ASR hip system has already started hearing opening statements in the Chicago, Illinois courts.

After losing $8.3 million on March 8  with  the Los Angeles court jury decision over   the  ASR XL design, one of the two hip implants that was recalled in 2010, the jurors from Chicago heard opening statements in March 11 by Carol Strum’s lawyers. Fifty-four-year-old Strum, a nurse in Illinois, claims DePuy’s ASR hip was defective and the company failed to warn of risks. The case is considered as the second of 10,750 lawsuits against J&J, the world’s largest seller of health-care products, to go in court.



On March 8,  the first verdict against DePuy was announced in the California courts and awarded Montana retired prison guard Loren “Bill” Kransky compensatory damages of $8.3 million after suffering  from several symptoms of the faulty hip implant. Despite his age at 65, he took the risk of undergoing the revision which was considered by surgeons as the most difficult and painful way of surgery.


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