Hip Joint Class Action
De Puy Hip Implant Lawsuit
The next big famous class action lawsuit could well be the hip joint class action. The recalled hip replacement is the next big thing after the BP oil spill litigation and before that, the Toyota acceleration class action. De Puy and Johnson & Johnson are targets of the class action lawsuit involving metal-on-metal hip replacements that fail.
The hip joints fail at a higher rate than is acceptable in medical circles, causing patients severe pain and increased medical bills, as failed hip joints often have to be replaced by new surgery. Already 1,000 lawsuits have been filed in the United States alone. The hip joint class action revolves around the idea that Johnson & Johnson and their medical device unit, DePuy Orthopaedics, knew about potential problems with metal-on-metal hip joints. They allegedly knew about the problems before they stopped making the ASR model in 2009 and then recalled existing units in 201o.
Johnson & Johnson stands to lose $1 billion in liability and has therefore already started beefing up its liability reserves. The drug and medical device company is also setting aside millions of dollars to cover medical expenses of people with De Puy hip replacements and who suffered problems with the device.
Now that’s a record. Depuy Hip recall class action is the next big issue. Whew.