Reuters: Regulatory News: UPDATE 1-Illinois jury finds in favor of J&J in hip implant case

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UPDATE 1-Illinois jury finds in favor of J&J in hip implant case Apr 17th 2013, 00:18 Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:18pm EDT * Lawsuit is second to go to trial over recalled ASR metal hips * Cook County jury awards no damages to plaintiff Carol Strum April 16 (Reuters) - An Illinois jury on Tuesday found in favor of Johnson & Johnson's DePuy orthopedics unit in a second product liability lawsuit over the company's recalled ASR metal hip implant to go to trial, J&J said. The jury awarded no damages to plaintiff Carol Strum, the company said in a statement. Strum, a nurse who claimed her ASR hip was defective, received the implant in 2008 and had it removed in 2011. In an earlier separate trial involving the product, a Los Angeles jury in March ordered the J&J unit to pay more than $8 million in damages to plaintiff Loren Kransky after finding the ASR hip was defectively designed. DePuy is appealing that verdict. J&J voluntarily recalled the product from the market in August 2010, prompted by data that showed some ASR patients were undergoing a second hip replacement surgery sooner than expected. The company said about 10,750 plaintiffs have direct claims in pending lawsuits over the product. About 93,000 ASR hips were sold worldwide prior to the recall. "DePuy's actions concerning the product were appropriate and responsible, including the program to address patients' medical costs related to the recall," said Lorie Gawreluk, a spokeswoman for DePuy. Calls to attorneys for the plaintiff were not immediately returned. Cases filed in U.S. federal courts have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. That trial is set to begin in June. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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