DePuy Orthopedics Faulty Hip Implant Lawsuits Move Forward
When DePuy Orthopedics launched its recall of thousands of their ASR hip implant models about two months ago, preliminary discussions indicated that San Francisco was on the short list of potential centers for the pending state and federal lawsuits. This week, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation told the hundreds of plaintiffs lining up to sue the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary for their faulty hip implants that the federal cases would all be referred to Judge David A. Katz in Ohio’s northern district.