$8 Million Verdict: DePuy Defective Hip Implant

A jury in California awarded a retired guard $8 Million as a result of suffering from a defective hip implant. The defective product, an ASR hip implant,  was manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. Many additional cases are pending though-out the country.

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Workers' Compensation: Knee Replacement Medical Device Recalled

Feb 27, 2013

4, 2013, DePuy issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall informing hospitals and surgeons of the problem and to immediately stop distributing or using the recalled lots. If a medical facility has the affected product in stock, it is ...

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Defective Artificial Hips Maybe a Costly problem for Workers

Dec 17, 2010

With an estimated 93,000 DePuy recalled artificial hips implanted worldwide, the workers' compensation benefit system will probably be paying for a vast amount of the remediation and treatment costs, and then having its ...

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Workers' Compensation: Hip Implants Recalled Due to Failure

Aug 27, 2010

DePuy release a statement today that they two products being recalled were: the ASR XL Acetabular System, a hip socket used in traditional hip replacement, and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, a partial hip replacement ...

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Workers' Compensation: Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: FDA Issues a ...

Jan 17, 2013

Johnson and Johnson has recalled 2 Hip Implants because of failure. The two implants were made by the DePuy Orthopaedics unit of Johnson and Johnson. The decision to withdrawn the products was based upon the fact .

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