This page provides news and advice about compensation for the DePuy ASL hip replacement recall which affected up to 93,000 citizens in the US.
Compensation claims for the DePuy ASR hip replacement recall can be made as a private individual or as part of a group action depending on the circumstances of your hip replacement and the injuries you sustained from it.
Group actions are often combined in a multi-district litigation (MDL) in which the cases of selected plaintiffs are heard and any verdict in the selected cases applies to all the plaintiffs.
MDLs are different from class action suits and are not ideal for every plaintiff. Therefore, to obtain legal advice which is relevant to your individual situation, you should speak with a lawyer at the first practical opportunity.
Please note: If you are looking for news and advice on medical product recalls other than the DePuy ASR hip replacement system, please consult the “Types of Claims” list on the right of this page.
DePuy Orthopedics has announced a proposed settlement of ASR hip replacement compensation for plaintiffs who underwent revision surgery due to a failed DePuy ASR hip replacement system prior to 31 August 2013. The proposal applies to any person who has undergone revision surgery to replace a failed DePuy ASR hip replacement – irrespective of whether … Read more
The twice-postponed DePuy ASR hip replacement hearing has been delayed once again – on this occasion due to a change of plaintiff and a ruling about referring to the DePuy recall in court as evidence. The first scheduled Federal DePuy ASR hip replacement hearing was put back again last week after the parties in McCracken -v- … Read more
A Judge in California has denied Johnson & Johnson´s appeal for a new DePuy court case and allowed the jury´s decision in the case of Loren Kransky -v- DePuy Orthopedics to stand. In March this year, a Los Angeles jury awarded former prison officer Loren Kransky $8.3 million in a DePuy hip compensation settlement after finding DePuy … Read more
The first recalled ASR hip replacement claim to be heard in court in the USA has resulted in the jury awarding a former prison officer an $8.3 million DePuy hip compensation settlement. Loren Kransky (65) from South Dakota made the recalled ASR hip replacement claim for compensation after his doctor attributed certain health problems he … Read more
The first Multi District Litigation DePuy hip implant case – which will establish a benchmark of how much compensation for a faulty DePuy hip implant many thousands of plaintiffs should be entitled to receive – is set to be heard in May. Judge David A. Katz announced that the “Bellwether” trial of Faye Dorney-Madgitz v … Read more
The three Nevada-based ASR hip replacement claims against DePuy Orthopedics, which were scheduled to be the first jury cases to be heard against the company, have been settled out of court. Annelise Rundle (74), Martha Bender (69) and Katherine Guy (60) from Las Vegas in Nevada had all undergone DePuy ASR hip replacement surgery within … Read more
Following the latest status conference in Ohio between solicitors representing victims of the recalled DePuy Orthopedics faulty hip replacement systems, the first DePuy hip replacement court cases are to be scheduled for December 2012. However, this first round of DePuy court cases will not be filed by plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation (MDL) but, in a … Read more
The latest news on the hip replacement recall made by DePuy in August 2010 surrounds the disclosure of communications between plaintiffs, DePuy Orthopedics and their agents – Broadspire Services. In September, Judge David A. Katz – the judge assigned to hear the multi district litigation case in Toledo, Ohio – issued Case Management Orders for … Read more
A former gymnast, who promoted the DePuy ASR Hip Replacement System prior to the product´s worldwide recall last year, is making a personal injury compensation claim against DePuy Orthopedics for a faulty hip system following difficulties with her own DePuy ASR XL hip replacement. Penny Brown (51) of Bath in the UK had hip replacement surgery in … Read more
A claim for blood poisoning injury has been made against DePuy Orthopedics by a woman who received her DePuy ASR hip replacement system as recently as November 2009. The claim, made by Delores Hatcher from Wheeling, West Virginia, follows the results of a blood test in April 2011 which indicated high levels of chromium-1 and … Read more
Disclosure has begun in the multi-district litigation case against DePuy Orthopedics on behalf of thousands of Americans who have made DePuy injury compensation claims following the recall of the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular hip replacement systems last August. During the preliminary disclosure, depositions will be taken from three DePuy executives to ascertain the company´s corporate … Read more