MDL DePuy Faulty Hip Replacement Cases to be Heard in May

by | Jan 11, 2013

The first Multi District Litigation (MDL) DePuy faulty hip replacement cases – which will establish a benchmark of how much compensation for a faulty DePuy hip replacement many thousands of plaintiffs should be entitled to receive – have been set to be heard in May and July.

The announcement that the first “Bellwether” trial of Faye Dorney-Madgitz v DePuy Orthopaedics (MDL2197) will be heard in May at the Ohio Northern District Court in Cleveland was made by Judge David A. Katz; who also revealed that a secondary case – Ann McCracken v DePuy Orthopaedics – will be scheduled for July 2013 in the event that the Dorney-Madgitz v DePuy faulty hip replacement case is settled before it goes to trial.

The setting of the two trial dates is expected to increase DePuy Orthopaedics´ attempts to negotiate a settlement with plaintiffs in the Multi District Litigation (MDL), after the company successfully settled three DePuy revision surgery claims in Nevada for approximately $200,000 each. If the “Bellwether” Dorney-Madgitz v DePuy faulty hip replacement case proceeds to court, future settlements of DePuy faulty hip replacement compensation could be influenced by the verdict of the jury.

Whereas a low trial settlement of the DePuy faulty hip replacement case would be advantageous to DePuy Orthopaedics and their parent company Johnson & Johnson, should the jury in Cleveland award substantial damages in the case against Faye Dorney-Madgitz, this would set a benchmark for all future claims against DePuy for faulty hip replacements and painful revision surgery.

It may not be too late to initiate DePuy faulty hip replacement claims for compensation in Ireland if you have undergone revision surgery within the past two years or suffered any form of injury due to the recalled DePuy ASR hip replacement systems. Call our 24-hour helpline for more information.

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