Florida woman sues DePuy Orthopedics over hip implant
June 15, 2010 by MassDevice staff
A Florida woman sues Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics, alleging that her ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement was defective and accusing the company of knowing about the device's problems but failing to warn physicians.
DePuy Orthopaedics is facing the first of what might be an avalanche of lawsuits over one of its hip implants, after a Florida woman sued the company over an allegedly faulty hip implant.
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