Request For Trial Preservation Depositions in DePuy Hip MDL

Request For Trial Preservation Depositions in DePuy Hip MDL

Introduction

In a supplemental memorandum filed on June 18, the plaintiffs in the DePuy hip multidistrict litigation requested permission to conduct trial preservation depositions for 11 defense witnesses. The plaintiffs asserted that the ongoing discovery, revelations, and new scientific literature warrant such depositions. The request was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

DePuy and its parent corporation, Johnson & Johnson have been accused of failing to warn about device dislocation, loosening, and metallosis often requiring revision surgery. More than 9,400 Pinnacle hip lawsuits are pending in the federal court.

Other hip implant lawsuits include cases against Stryker hip replacement systems which are consolidated as a part of multidistrict litigation, MDL No. 2768 ( In Re: Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head Products Liability Litigation) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts before U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani.