Gray and White Law's Louisville Personal Injury Blog

What is the status of the class action lawsuit against DePuy for its defective hip implant device?

Patients who were victims and injured due to recently recalled hip implants enter discovery phase in their lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson's company, DePuy.

Huge increase in DePuy recalled hip claims

The number of claims being filed concerning DePuy recalled hips has increased dramatically in the past weeks. Approximately 93,000 DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System implants and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System implants were recalled after data suggested that about one of every 8 people who received on of these devices may experience problems with their DePuy ASR hip. In Kentucky, the number of claims has risen sharply in the past two weeks as more claims are being filed.

Gray and White Law Files Lawsuit against DePuy in Kentucky Court

Louisville Kentucky- the law firm Gray and White Law has filed the first of many lawsuits against DePuy in Kentucky federal court. The firm expects more suits to follow as more and more Kentucky residents are being notified by their physicians that they may have a defective DePuy ASR hip system.

Urgent Recall: Informational Notice Regarding Bad Hip Implants, Patients Should be Wary of DePuy's Promises for Reimbursement

Makers of recently recalled defective hip implant, DePuy of Johnson & Johnson, issue notice and offer patients hope of reimbursement and/or revision or replacement surgery, however, patients must read the fine print as lawsuits have popped up nationwide alleging that the companies are using medical releases for their own gain, that is, records are being used to build their defense against mounting lawsuits by patients instead of used to help the patients who apply for reimbursement consideration.

Lawsuits Against Johnson & Johnson for Defective Hip Replacement Implants

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy faces class action and individual lawsuits in federal courts nationwide due to defective medical implant used in hip replacement surgery in hundreds of thousands patients which it knew to have high risk of failure requiring costly and painful additional or revision surgery.

Recall Warning: J&J Hip Replacement Implant, Patients Face Additional Surgery

Johnson & Johnson's Depuy company recalls defective hip implants used to replace patients with devices that are known to have high risk of infection, discomfort, pain and possible additional surgery to replace the hip implant from original hip replacement surgery. Patients and doctors upset.

Hip Replacement Implant Recall Warnings

Johnson & Johnson's DePuy company, manufacturer and distributor of recently recalled defective hip replacement implant device systems, warns patients of additional surgery requirement; also warns patients to be on lookout in case for pain, implant loosening, infection, tissue damage, swelling, sensitivity to metal, fracture of the bone, high metal levels in blood, staining of bone, damage to muscle, among other signs in case product is defective and must have replacement of original hip replacement surgery.