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A Los Angeles judge recently upheld an $8.3 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson arising out of its defective ASR hip implants. The verdict was awarded last March to Loren Kransky, who suffered serious injuries from a defectively designed hip implant manufactured by J&J’s DePuy Orthopaedics division. San Francisco attorneys Michael Kelly, Matthew Davis and…

The Walkup Law Firm has won the first DePuy hip implant lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. A Los Angeles County Jury awarded Loren Kransky $8.3 million for the damages he suffered after receiving a defective DePuy ASR hip implant. The case was tried by Walkup partners Mike Kelly, Matthew Davis and Khaldoun Baghdadi. There are…

San Francisco Trial Lawyer Michael A. Kelly was recently elected by the International Society of Barristers as their 2012-2013 President. The International Society of Barristers is one of the three most selective legal honor societies for litigators and has a membership that consists of some of the most elite trial attorneys in the world. Kelly…

Before DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. recalled the ASR model artificial hip in August 2010, Dr. Thomas P. Schmalzried of the Joint Replacement Institute in Los Angeles, the self-proclaimed “lead surgeon designer” of the heavily-marketed metal-on-metal device, extolled the ASR as superior to other artificial hips and he encouraged fellow orthopedic surgeons to implant the ASR in…

After two British surgeons released studies predicting that 32 to 49% of patients implanted with the recalled DePuy ASRTM hip replacement device will need to undergo a painful revision procedure (invasive surgery to replace the defective device) within six years of their initial operation,[1] attorneys from California and elsewhere in the United States are moving…

A recent investigation by Consumer Reports indicates that medical devices such as artificial hip implants are often not tested thoroughly enough to protect consumers. The Consumer Reports investigation suggests that metal-on-metal hip implants were rushed to the marketplace without adequate safety testing to ensure that implant recipients would not be harmed. Metal-on-metal hip implants made…

The choice of Carbon and Chromium surfaces in metal hip implants may have exposed over a million Americans to serious health risks. Researchers have identified DePuy ASR XL metal hip implants as a source of toxic and potentially carcinogenic substances in patient’s bodies. The metal debris generated by post-implant wear can cause inflammation, destroy muscle…