Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Houston Law Firm Sullo & Sullo Says Reviewing and Processing of DePuy Hip Claims Will Go Forward. HOUSTON, TX, June 22, 2015—An update to the status of the DePuy ASR Hip Settlement Agreement was issued by the Claims Processor on June 16, 2015 as Alert No. 2015-3. The update concerns Article 17, the Walk Away Right Option. The original Settlement Agreement required that at least 94%...
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Friday, May 22, 2015
May 21, 2015 - How the DePuy ASR Hip Settlement May Affect You - Medical expenses related to the DePuy ASR hip revision surgery were also paid through the settlement. This first settlement covered all those who had undergone revision surgery prior to August 31, 2013. Johnson & Johnson recently announced a second round of DePuy ASR hip settlements which will...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015
May 12, 2015 - DePuy ASR Hip Metallosis and DePuy ASR Hip Metal Toxicity - When the metal ions delve into the surrounding hip tissues, symptoms of metallosis can occur. These symptoms include inflammation, chronic pain in the hip, groin and thigh, deterioration and destruction of tissue and bone, failure of the hip implant and the necessity for the patient to undergo hip revision surgery. When the cobalt and chromium...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2015
You may have had a DePuy ASR hip device implanted in your body. If so, you may wonder whether you should have your DePuy ASR hip revised, particularly in light of the fact that the DePuy ASR hip settlements at present are only covering those who have undergone revision surgery. The ASR gained FDA approval in 2005, then DePuy and...
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Friday, April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015 - The DePuy ASR recall and subsequent litigation could represent one of the biggest medical device failures in recent history. DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalled the ASR in 2010 because of an extremely high failure rate as well as many consumers reporting symptoms of metallosis and metal toxicity...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Understanding the DePuy ASR Hip Revision Process - If your doctor has advised that you have DePuy ASR hip revision surgery due to high cobalt and chromium levels or if your DePuy ASR hip has failed, you may wonder just what this process entails. Out of the 460,000 hip replacements which occurred in 2010, 56,000 of these were...
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Friday, April 03, 2015
Recently, a new round of settlements for the ASR hip litigation has occurred; the first Johnson & Johnson settlement, in excess of $2.5 billion, took place in 2013. The latest round of DePuy ASR hip settlements will compensate eligible ASR patients in the United States who underwent revision surgery between August 31, 2013 and January 31, 2015...
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Friday, March 27, 2015
March 27, 2015 - DePuy and Johnson & Johnson have announced a second round of DePuy ASR hip settlements. Those patients who underwent DePuy ASR hip revision surgery after August 31, 2013 and prior to January 31, 2015, could be eligible to receive a...consumers harmed by the DePuy ASR hip recall could benefit from speaking to a DePuy ASR hip lawyer. Even if you have not yet undergone DePuy ASR hip revision surgery, you may be eligible to participate in DePuy ASR hip litigation...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
December 24, 2014 - The DePuy ASR Hip Settlement In November, 2013, Johnson & Johnson agreed to a multi-billion dollar deal which would settle thousands of ASR lawsuits for those who have undergone revision surgery following implantation of a defective ASR hip device.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014
October 06, 2014 - Corrective Procedures for a DePuy Recalled Hip Device - If you have received a metal-on-metal hip and you suspect it could be a recalled DePuy ASR, you should check with the hospital where your surgery was performed, with your surgeon or with your regular physician in order to determine what type of implant you received. Should your symptoms...
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