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For J&J, a hip lawsuit trial victory – FierceMedicalDevices.
After losing two jury trials, Johnson & Johnson/DePuy can now celebrate the fact that a jury has ruled in its favor regarding the company’s ASR all-metal hip implant.
The company’s unexpected good fortune comes on behalf of an Illinois jury, Reuters reports, which declined to award damages to plaintiff Carol Strum. A DePuy spokeswoman commented to Reuters after the decision that the company took “appropriate and responsible” action to help Strum, including an initiative to address medical costs she faced after dealing with her initial ASR hip implant. As the story explains, Strum sued because she claimed her 2008 implant was defective and it doctors were forced to replace it three years later.
Assuming Strum’s attorneys don’t file an appeal, the outcome is a much more positive one then Johnson & Johnson’s ($JNJ) first U.S. jury trial defeat in March (in Los Angeles), which will cost Johnson & Johnson $8.3 million. And then there’s the New Jersey jury that ordered the company to pay $11.2 million to an ASR plaintiff who endured a number of repeat surgeries after the implant failed.
Read more: For J&J, a hip lawsuit trial victory – FierceMedicalDevices http://www.fiercemedicaldevices.com/story/jj-hip-lawsuit-trial-victory/2013-04-17#ixzz2Qkl4C1KN
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As a former longtime resident of Chicago, Illinois has its own special approach to things. Due to the deep corruption that resides there, one just never knows…. Very unfortunate..
Wow, I had to laugh when I read you’re post Connie. My whole family is from Chicago and i was just thinking to myself ” who would expect a trial based on facts there?” Even the fraud investigators are are on the take in Chicago.
EARL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THERE ARENT WORDS TO EVEN EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ALL OF US ASSAULTED BY THESE COMPANIES.
Thank you for your commitment to getting the truth out there.
Best wishes
Earl
I second that! Earl is the man. I talk to people about Earl as if I was talking about my brother, then they ask me how often I get to see him. Well, its complicated I say! I am very thankful too for this mission and the wealth of resources on here that most times one would have to pay alot of money to gather. Thanks Earl.
Thank you!
E