According to the U.S. federal court where the Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuits have been consolidated, the cases in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) will be ready for trial during the summer of 2015. Stryker Rejuvenate cases, are heading to early trial dates, known as “bellwether” trials, which helps the parties determine…
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Biomet Announces Global Settlement for Metal on Metal Hip Cases
Biomet Orthopedics the manufacturer of a line of metal on metal hips, announced a global settlement late yesterday, involving the hundreds of defective hip claims. The agreement settles Biomet M2a Magnum hip lawsuits brought in the federal court system. Biomet agreed to pay $56 million to resolve lawsuits alleging that…
Stryker Rejuvenate Metal Hip Implant Lawsuits Continue to Settle
Great news for those folks injured by a Stryker Rejuvenate metal hip implant. In a New Jersey state court Stryker Rejuvenate lawsuit case, an agreement has been reached to settle at least one more recalled Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuit. Recently five out of the eight cases scheduled for court-ordered mediation…
DePuy ASR Settlement Criteria and Process Explained
On November 19, in open federal court in Toledo, Ohio, Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay at least $2.475 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits over its recalled hip implants. Johnson & Johnson Settlement Details The settlement will impact folks who have had a DePuy ASR hip implant, that was…
Johnson and Johnson DePuy ASR Finalized Settlement Explained
Today in open federal court in Toledo, Ohio, Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay at least $2.47 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits over its recalled hip implants. The agreement would settle about 8,000 U.S. suits against J&J’s DePuy unit brought by patients who have already had artificial hips removed.…
Dr Shezad Malik Explains Johnson and Johnson DePuy ASR Hip Implant Settlement
For the folks who have been injured or severely maimed by the defective Depuy ASR metal on metal hip implant, relief is around the corner. According to unnamed sources, Bloomberg News and the New York Times, a mammoth settlement is pending release in open federal court on Tuesday November 19th.…
$4 Billion J&J DePuy Settles ASR Metal Hip Lawsuits
According to Bloomberg News, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will pay more than $4 billion to resolve the product liability lawsuits over its recalled hip implants. This massive settlement is the largest of U.S. lawsuit claims over an allegedly defective medical device, and affects thousands of patients who have been injured…
Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implants Ordered to Mediation
Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuits are on a fast track in New Jersey state court, with a court mandated mediation program in place to try and reach a settlement. More than 430 defective hip product liability Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stems lawsuits are centralized in the Superior Court for…
California DePuy ASR Hip Implant Failure Trial Settled
According to court documents, Johnson & Johnson has agreed to settle a DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuit, on the eve of trial. The settlement agreement remains confidential. Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics has agreed to settle a DePuy ASR hip lawsuit, the first bellwether trial in a California state…
J&J Will Stop Sales of Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements
As a Texas Metal on Metal hip attorney and medical doctor I am providing this important update to the folks injured by a defective metal hip implant. According to Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), it will stop selling metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-metal hip replacements because of a lower demand for the devices.This…