DePuy Hip Recall Announced 8/27/2010 After Years of Documented High Revision Rates; Depuy Hip Recall Lawyers Offer Free Claim Evaluations

    FORT WORTH, TX, March 13, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- *DePuy Hip Recall 8/27/2010 Update* - Depuy hip recall lawyers file lawsuits against DePuy after long delay in recalling the DePuy ASR hip.
Depuy ASR hip replacements have been found to fail at a very high rate and to cause high levels of metal ion release into patients implanted with the device. The high failure rate of the Depuy ASR hip replacement was documented in the 2008 Australian National Joint Replacement Registry. The DePuy ASR hip was withdrawn from the Australian market in December 2009 according to the New York Times, but no DePuy hip recall has been required in the United States by the FDA.

Hundreds of patients in the United States have had to undergo additional hip revision surgery due to the failure of the DePuy ASR hip replacement according to the reports made to the FDA. Lawyers familiar with defective medical device law report that there is a Depuy ASR hip class action filed and DePuy hip lawsuits have been filed.

Patients who have had a hip replacement since 2003 and are experiencing pain are urged to contact their orthopedic surgeons or the hospital where their hip surgery took place to find out if the DePuy ASR Hip was used in their hip replacement surgery.

DePuy hip recall lawyers have begun to prepare legal claims for patients. These DePuy ASR Hip lawsuits will seek monetary damages and medical monitoring for the patients. The Johnson Law Firm, a national law firm at the forefront of defective medical device litigation, last month opened a new division within the firm dedicated to filing DePuy hip replacement lawsuits on behalf of patients who have had DePuy ASR hip revision surgery.

"This DePuy ASR hip should not have been allowed to remain on the market after DePuy and the FDA were notified of the failure rates and problems associated with the device. Adequate testing of the device by DePuy would have revealed the defects with the device and a timely DePuy hip recall would have saved many of these patients from revision surgeries, complications and pain," according to Johnson Law Firm attorneys. "We have clients from across the United States who suffered complications after being implanted with the defective DePuy ASR hip replacement. We are proud to represent these clients in Depuy hip lawsuits against the manufacturer. Our DePuy hip lawyers intend to seek every measure of damages allowed by law for our clients in these cases and we will hold this manufacturer accountable."

The Johnson Law Firm has represented thousands of people and their families in cases where defective medical devices or defective pharmaceutical drugs have caused serious injuries or death. The firm has clients from every state. For more information and a free initial claim evaluation call the firm's DePuy ASR Hip Claims Hotline at toll free 1-866-374-0338, or see the website http://www.lawyersforclients.com/depuy-asr-hip-cup-recall/index.php .

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The Johnson Law Firm represents clients nationwide who have been injured by defective medical devices, pharmaceutical drugs, and asbestos.

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