Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 13:12
In the recent tempest of news swirling around DePuy Orthopedics, Inc’s hip replacement recall, most media outlets have overlooked an FDA warning letter issued only days before the DePuy Hip Recalls began. The letter was sent on August 19, 2010 from FDA representative Timothy A. Ulatowski to David Floyd, president of DePuy Orthopedics, Inc.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 13:01
The recent flurry of news concerning the DePuy ASR Recall has gotten the attention of more than just DePuy Hip Lawyers and patients who have had the recalled devices implanted. A recent release published by PR Canada reported on quality hip and joint replacements from the Krauss Center for Join Replacement.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:51
The U.K. Newspaper, the Independent, recently reported on the DePuy Hip Recalls that have tens of thousands of patients reporting back to the hospitals where they received the implants to have them checked for safety and potential dangers involved with the devices.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:44
The August 2010 voluntary Depuy ASR Recall and subsequent Depuy Hip Class Action Lawsuit cases have revealed more problems than patients might suspect. Johnson & Johnson seems to be facing a neverending onslaught of product recalls, factory closures, lawsuits, and media scrutiny over quality control in multiple divisions.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:37
Depuy Hip Lawyers from the U.S. and Ireland have issued warnings to consumers, health care professionals, and Depuy Orthopedics regarding the conditions the company reportedly set on compensation for revision surgery and other costs incurred in the Depuy ASR Hip Recalls.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 11:49
An article in the Irish Times earlier this month reported that a growing number of Irish citizens affected by the recent Depuy ASR Hip Recalls have been considering filing lawsuits against the company. Patients and many legal teams across the US already involved in the Depuy ASR Lawsuit claim the company has known about the defects in its products for years before the recall initiated two months ago.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 11:33
Gulf War veteran Scott Almhjell suffered from a degenerative condition that eventually led him to get hip replacement surgery. Almhjell was one of the 93,000 people worldwide who had the Depuy ASR hip replacement devices implanted into his body. Only three short years later, Almhjell is one of a growing number of people joining the Depuy ASR Lawsuit over the defective implants, an AZ Family article reported.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 11:18
In August 2010, Depuy Orthopedics - a branch of ailing pharmaceutical and healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson - announced a worldwide recall of its popular hip replacement devices. As many as 93,000 people around the world may be affected by the Depuy ASR Hip Recalls.
Law firms around the U.S. have brought class action lawsuits against the company on behalf of patients who have received these hip replacements. Many of the plaintiffs claim that the company had prior knowledge of the defects inherent to the hip replacements years before the Depuy ASR Recalls.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 11:06
Sixty-six-year-old Bob Lugton of Brisbane, Australia recently became the first Aussie to join the Depuy Class Action Lawsuit i nthe United States. In August of 2010, Johnson & Johnson’s Depuy Orthopedics initiated a recall of two models of the company’s ASR hip replacement devices. Over 93,000 people worldwide have the recalled devices implanted, a Sydney Morning Herald article reported.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 09:21
Many lawsuits currently underway against DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, allege that the pharmaceutical giant knew of the DePuy hip replacement defects long before the recall of the products began in August 2010. The company has made recent attempts to get patients to sign over access to their medical records and to give the recalled devices back to the company. Lawyers have advised clients not to do so, as the devices may be treated as evidence in court.
