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 [...]
The De Puy artificial hip was designed to last 15 years and more. Recently, patients who had the hip implants put in just few years ago are showing up in emergency rooms nationwide, after the implants failed and caused major damage and or pain. The hip implant lawsuit has gained national attention outside medical circles, [...]
A De Puy hip implant lawsuit was filed in Federal court today, covering any US citizen who has undergone such a procedure. The parent company of DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc is Johnson & Johnson, who recalled the hip implant system on August 24, a little more than one month ago. The exact procedure is the ASR™ [...]
