Compensation for patients with ASRâ„¢ hip systems On November 19, 2013, DePuy Orthopaedics division of Johnson & Johnson and a court-appointed committee of lawyers representing plaintiffs with the DePuy ASR (Articular Surface Replacement) system announced a $2.5 billion settlement agreement....
ASR metal hip implant devices are the subject of more than 10,000 product liability lawsuits DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of giant Johnson & Johnson, manufactures the Pinnacle® hip replacement system as well as acetabular implants and hip stems. But these...
On April 22, 2009, Stephen Schmitz, Jr., age 31 father of one, went to the Emergency Room at Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Center in Evergreen Park, Illinois, with complaints of severe back pain and profound weakness...
In 2010, when Phillip Amsden stopped to change a tire for another trucker on I-65 in Indiana, an intoxicated driver named Jeffrey Cleary crashed into Amsden’s truck, pinning Amsden between the two trucks and killing him instantly. Attorneys Stephen D....