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J&J Knee Implant Settlement Approved by Australian Judge – Bloomberg.
J&J Knee Implant Settlement Approved by Australian Judge
By Joe Schneider - Dec 4, 2012 10:00 AM ET
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)’s settlement with Australian patients who received faulty knee implants was approved by a judge, clearing the way for compensation to be paid beginning at A$30,000 ($31,000) per user.
Pamela Casey, who had a total knee replacement in 2008, sued Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy International unit in 2010 on behalf of all patients who had received the DePuy LCS Duofix Femoral implant. The companies agreed to settle the lawsuit in August with Federal Court Justice Robert Buchanan approving the deal today.“There have been very few complaints among the more than 430 inquiries received regarding the proposed settlement,” Buchanan wrote in his reasons for approval. None of the complaints “provide a reason not to approve the settlement,” he said.
DePuy and New Brunswick, New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled the knee implant in 2009 after reports of defects surfaced. Prior to the recall, 5,071 of the implants were used in Australia, the judge said.
Johnson & Johnson and Warsaw, Indiana-based DePuy agreed to pay A$30,000 to people who underwent revision to the knee implant and didn’t require additional surgical procedures. The payment rises to A$65,000 for people who required two or three other surgical procedures, following the revision surgery.
People who required more surgeries or had significant complications or injuries will be assessed on an individual basis, according to the settlement, negotiated by the class action law firm Maurice Blackburn, which represented the plaintiffs.
Johnson & Johnson and DePuy also face an Australian lawsuit over hip implants, which were also recalled in 2009.
In the U.S., Johnson & Johnson agreed in August to pay about $600,000 to resolve three cases in the first settlements of litigation over hip implants. The company faces about 8,000 lawsuits over hip implants in the U.S.
The case is Pamela Joan Casey v. DePuy International Ltd. ACD10/2010. Federal Court ofAustralia (Sydney).
To contact the reporter on this story: Joe Schneider in Sydney at
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My compliments for the successful efforts of all those involved in accomplishing these settlements.
The pay a number as if it were a traffic ticket, paid millions of dollars on fines imposed by the United State of America’s Federal Government, they have paid fines in foreign countries for getting caught paying kickbacks. Some of these companies are being investigated for fraudulent billing to Medicaid and Medicare, there are whistle blower cases in courts and the CORRUPTION goes on.
The existing Governmental Agencies and other Government Systems or sub-sections get bigger and the problem does not get CORRECTED.
There have been positive comments made in this direction by a number of elected officials YET where is the follow up, these words need to be converted into results.
Not tomorrow but today.
One of the solutions to increase tax revenues, decrease the pressure of increasing taxes, improve our Medicare and Medicaid benefits, improve the Governmental bodies that are to protect and ensure the well being and quality of our life
IS to ELIMINATE the CORRUPTION.
I know that my life expectancy has been shortened, I know time is not in my favor, at 66 years of age, I may be in a hurry to get things changed for the better, but it hasn’t happened in the past: it is like a tail chasing the dog, never gets there.
Do I want changes in some of our laws, pre-emption laws re: medical devices.
I picked up a copy of the number of procedures I had while in the hospital for the 11
months I spent in the hospital originated from Smith & Nephew’s Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Hip Device, Metal on Metal the bhr
33 procedures were performed during 2010-2011.
Must be a new record of sorts and the great thing is I am still alive to do whatever I can to see this never happens again based on the present circumstances.
Howard Sadwin
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