DePuy hip replacement

Did DePuy and parent company Johnson & Johnson essentially play a game of Russian Roulette with those persons who became recipients of the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant?  That’s what a jury must decide. Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s Brian Panish posed that provocative statement during closing arguments which took place yesterday… read more

A trial attempting to determine the level of responsibility Johnson & Johnson should bear in the design and marketing of a defective hip implant is winding to a close, and Brian Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP was there to present closing arguments on behalf of a man injured by the implant. Mr…. read more

One of the surgeons responsible for the design of the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant has testified at a trial currently going on in Los Angeles at the state court level.  His testimony reveals some startling information about the way complaints are reported and the failure rates that even experienced medical professionals could… read more

Johnson and Johnson is currently the target of more than 10,000 lawsuits in regards to the company’s DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant.  Now, a report shows that the government actually initiated an investigation into the company last year in order to determine whether or not officials made false claims to federal healthcare programs…. read more

Numerous developments continue to arise as a lawsuit filed in conjunction with the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant gets addressed at trial.  This past Wednesday, a toxicologist with ChemRisk Inc. took the stand, and Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s own Brian Panish was there to question him. DePuy actually hired the toxicologist… read more

The makers of a metal on metal hip implant are in hot water now that documents released in court show that executives knew of potential problems long before a recall was ever issued.  As more facts begin to come to light, it’s becoming more and more apparent that customers may have potentially been misled as… read more

New evidence continues to show a disconcerting lack of concern on the part of DePuy in regards to the safety of their ASR metal on metal hip implant.  Our own Brian Panish recently questioned a marketing executive with the company during California state court proceedings, and the line of questioning brought some interesting documentation to… read more

The safety of the DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant continues to be called into question during the Kransky v. DePuy case currently taking place at the California Superior Court in Los Angeles County.  Emails and expert testimony paint the device in an unflattering light, especially when it comes to demonstrably heightened levels of metal that could… read more

The New York Times suggests that new details revealed at a trial in Los Angeles this week could hurt Johnson & Johnson’s ability to move forward from the controversy surrounding the ASR XL hip implants. The executive who oversaw the implant’s introduction in the United States has since been promoted to president of the DePuy… read more

A 65-year-old man who has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy unit said he was “depressed” after learning that he would need another surgery to remove his failing ASR XL hip implant. His case is the first of 10,000 lawsuits to go to trial. Internal company documents presented at trial have shown that… read more

The president of Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy unit testified via videotape that the recall of 93,000 all-metal hip implants was not because of concerns about safety. The first of 10,000 lawsuits against J&J is being tried at a court in Los Angeles. The case involves a Montana man whose hip failed. The company president said… read more

The ASR XL hip implant that is the subject of 10,000 lawsuits failed to meet Johnson & Johnson’s own safety test, according to a consultant who testified at the bellwether trial in Los Angeles. Internal company documents revealed the chromium and cobalt debris produced by the ASR was 16 times the amount created in a… read more