{"id":2713,"date":"2013-12-31T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2013-12-29T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T14:19:07","slug":"2-475-billion-global-settlement-approved-depuy-orthopaedics-asr-hip-implant-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-475-billion-global-settlement-approved-depuy-orthopaedics-asr-hip-implant-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.475 Billion Global Settlement Approved in DePuy Orthopaedics ASR Hip Implant Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.depuy.com\/about-depuy\/depuy-divisions\/depuy-orthopaedics\">DePuy Orthopaedics <\/a>is the subsidiary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnj.com\/\">Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The company has agreed to pay $2.475 billion to settle what amounts to thousands of claims related to patient injuries suffered as a result of defective <a href=\"http:\/\/www.depuy.com\/asr-hip-replacement-recall\">ASR hip implant<\/a> parts.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The settlement was approved by U.S. District Judge David A. Katz of the Northern District of Ohio.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Judge Katz is overseeing the consolidated multidistrict litigation (MDL) of more than 10,000 DePuy claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The ASR XL Acetabular and ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems were recalled in August 2010 after reports that there was an unusually high rate of that device failing within five years after being surgically implanted. <span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Individuals who had this hip replacement device implanted have suffered a number of different kinds of ailments.<span>\u00a0<\/span>For one, because of the metal-on-metal parts contained within the hip system, patients have developed metallosis, which is metal poisoning. Shavings from the metal-on-metal device move from the hip ball into the hip socket, causing small metal particles to enter the bloodstream.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-475-billion-global-settlement-approved-depuy-orthopaedics-asr-hip-implant-cases\/#more-2713\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DePuy Orthopaedics is the subsidiary of Johnson &amp; Johnson.\u00a0The company has agreed to pay $2.475 billion to settle what amounts to thousands of claims related to patient injuries suffered as a result of defective ASR hip implant parts.\u00a0 The settlement was approved by U.S. District Judge David A. 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