DePuy Hip Recall News: Second ASR Trial Begins, Rottenstein Law Group Reports

A new DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement trial was scheduled to begin this week in Illinois state court in Chicago, according to court records. Carol Strum, a 54-year-old nurse from Illinois, alleges that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn of the risks associated with the device’s defective design.

Chicago (PRWEB) March 11, 2013

A new DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement trial was scheduled to begin this week in Illinois state court in Chicago, according to court records. Carol Strum, a 54-year-old nurse from Illinois, alleges that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn of the risks associated with the device’s defective design.* The Rottenstein Law Group, a hip implant law firm, will monitor news and provide analysis over the course of the trial. News and updates are found on the firm’s website, http://www.depuyrecallnewscenter.com.

This is the second ASR lawsuit to go to trial at a state level (In Re DePuy ASR Hip Litigation, No. 10-L-10506, Cook County Circuit Court). The first trial just concluded last week, resulting in an $8.3 million verdict in Los Angeles Superior Court against Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Depuy Orthopaedics. The first trials in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL-2197, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio) are set to begin later this year, according to the New York Times.**

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