If you have a DePuy ASR hip implant, chances are that you have complaints about this defective product. Johnson & Johnson,the parent company of DePuy Orthopaedics, has recalled this defective product and begun the payment of settlement claims for people injured by the Depuy ASR Hip Implant. Defective DePuy ASR hip implants are failing at a high rate, requiring people to undergo secondary corrective surgeries to fix the failing ASR implants, which are grinding and releasing metal fragments into the body. ASR Hip Attorneys are assisting injured clients to recover from the manufacturer.
Reports indicate that as early as 2007, orthopedic surgeons told DePuy that its hip implants are defective and failing at an alarmingly high rate compared to other manufacturers. However, until September 2010 DePuy refused to recognize their lability, even after an announced recall Patients represented by ASR Hip attorneys may be entitled to compensation by filing a DePuy Hip Replacement Claim against Johnson & Johnson.
If you are one of the estimated 16,000 DePuy hip replacement patients that will have to undergo a painful second surgery to remove the defective implant, a DePuy ASR implant lawyer may be able to obtain compensation for you in the following forms:
- Cost of future surgery to remove defective DePuy ASR hip implant
- Loss of work income
- Cost of the new ASR hip replacement
- Cost of new Surgical Parts to Repair Damaged hip bone
- Pain & suffering
Don’t delay contacting your doctor and an attorney if you are wondering whether your DePuy hip implant is defective and may fail. Contact a trained Depuy ASR Hip Attorney to determine your risks, and how you may be compensated even if your Depuy ASR hip implant has not yet failed or caused you pain.
Filed under Uncategorized by on Dec 8th, 2010.