KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A suit has been filed against DePuy Inc. in Kosciusko Superior Court by a patient who allegedly received a defective hip implant. The case was filed Oct. 9. The four-count complaint — damages, negligence, breach of warranty and loss of consortium, was filed by Karen and Jerry Jolley through Foley & Small …read more.

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (DePuy) and the Court-appointed committee of lawyers representing ASR™ Hip System plaintiffs today announced a settlement agreement to compensate eligible ASR patients in the United States who had surgery to replace their ASR hip, known as revision surgery, as of Aug. 31, 2013. “We are committed to the well-being of ASR patients, …read more.

Just ahead of Sunday’s deadline, DePuy Orthopedics agreed to settle thousands of hip implant lawsuits. The decision will mean a pay-out of more than $2.5 million. The DePuy-made ASR hip implants were recalled in 2010 after it was determined that nearly 13 percent of the recipients had to undergo revision surgery within just 5 years …read more.

Biomet will go to bat over its M2A-magnum metal-on-metal hip implants after failing to convince an Indiana federal judge that a personal injury lawsuit was preempted by FDA rules. According to Mass Device, the plaintiff, Leslie Caccia, sued Biomet for a supposedly defective metal-on-metal hip implant in what is now part of a larger multi-district …read more.

DePuy executives are in a Los Angeles, Calif., courtroom battling a lawsuit that could launch literally thousands more civil cases against the orthopedic device maker. The lawsuit – Sandra Ellis, Loren Kransky, et al. v. DePuy Inc., et al. – is the first against DePuy to go before a jury. It accuses the company, headquartered …read more.