“Bellwether Trial” for DePuy ASR Hip Lawsuits (Walter Eisner @ OTW)
More than 6,000 lawsuits have been filed in state and federal courts by patients who claim they were harmed by DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.’s ASR metal-on-metal hip.
Lawyers have now agreed in front of a federal judge to conduct a “bellwether trial,” to help determine potential liability and damages, according to a May 1 Bloomberg report.
The lawsuits, according to court documents, share factual issues as to whether DePuy’s ASR XL Acetabular Hip System, a device used in hip replacement surgery, was defectively designed and/or manuf...
