December 6th, 2010 by admin
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Hip Implant Recall – Blog | Howard L. Nations National Pharmaceutical Law Firm |
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| Free Case Evaluation Toll Free 800 269-3050 713 807-8400 Pharmaceuticals > DePuy ASR Hip System Recall > Updates Blog Last updated December 6, 2010 DEPUY HIP RECALL UPDATES For DePuy plaintiffs – and our legal team – Ohio is the place to be. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Panel on Multidistrict Litigation conducted a hearing to discuss where the DePuy Hip Implant MDL should be placed. Today, the Panel announced that the litigation will take place in the Northern District of Ohio. Complaints about the DePuy ASR hip implants have been reported throughout the United States, which prompted a hearing to consolidate the cases into multidistrict litigation. Counsel for DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. did not object to doing so. The Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Panel determined that the DePuy cases qualified for consolidation and created DePuy Mulitdistrict Litigation. There were many different courts in the running for the federal district in which the pretrial proceedings would take place, including Kentucky, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, and Florida. Counsel for DePuy and several Plaintiffs’ lawyers who represent people harmed by the DePuy devices submitted arguments to the Panel as to which court they felt was most appropriate for these cases. As explained in previous articles, consolidating a case conserves resources for the attorneys as well as the judiciary, and bringing individual lawsuits for each case can make the costs so prohibitive as to present an obstacle to getting a fair settlement for the plaintiffs. The fact that DePuy Multidistrict Litigation has been formed creates a more efficient way for our legal team to pursue claims for our clients and ensures we are better able to give them the individual attention they need. To better serve our clients in this case, Moriarty Leyendecker is working in |
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