North Carolina Product Liability Lawyer BlogOver the past several weeks we have reviewed the Depuy ASR Settlement Agreement, and recently the Part B extraordinary injury money awards that are available to qualified injured people. You can read about the Part B “Extraordinary Injury Fund” (“EIF”) here, and about Part B “Miscellaneous Injuries” here. In this post I want to talk […]
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Depuy ASR Hip: “Part B” Payments for Lost Earnings, Young Age, Etc.
In previous articles we looked at the Depuy ASR Settlement Agreement compensation framework. We examined the Part A base award here, and looked at the Part B “Extraordinary Injury Fund” (“EIF”) here. Just to recap, if you received a Depuy ASR hip in a hip replacement surgery, and it later “failed,” causing you to need […]
Depuy ASR Hip Settlement Part B “Extraordinary Injury Fund”
Part 3 There are two key areas of compensation under the Depuy ASR Hip Settlement Agreement: The Part A Base Award, which we talked about in the last post, and the Part B Award, which awards additional compensation under Depuy’s “Extraordinary Injury Fund” (“EIF”). Let’s get to those “extraordinary injuries.” Bilateral Implants If both of […]
2017 Depuy ASR Hip Settlement Extension: The Latest Information
We are getting more clarity on the recent extension of the Settlement Agreement in the Depuy ASR artificial hip litigation. As I wrote about in a previous post, the ASR Settlement has now been extended to cover people implanted with the Depuy ASR hip who received a revision surgery between January 31, 2015 and February […]
Depuy ASR Artificial Hip Settlement Deadlines Extended
Some late-breaking news: The Depuy ASR Settlement Agreement has been extended to cover injured people who received a revision surgery after January 31, 2015. The extension was announced yesterday. Here’s how it works: if you received a Depuy ASR artificial hip, and then had revision surgery to remove the component between January 31, 2015 and […]
Depuy ASR Hip Settlement Agreements: The Part A “Base” Award
Part 2 In Part 1 we talked about the process for determining if you would be eligible to participate in the Depuy ASR Hip Settlement. I remind you that although the deadlines for participation in the first two Depuy ASR settlements have passed, people are still filing lawsuits against Depuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson. […]
Depuy ASR Hip Settlement: Five Key Benefits
In Part 1, we began to look at some of the factors you should consider before you decide to accept a settlement from Depuy or not. Now let’s dig a little deeper . . . Two Recent Depuy ASR Jury Verdicts As the Depuy ASR Hip Settlement was being negotiated, two cases involving the alleged […]