DePuy Hip Recall Lawsuits
The recall of the DePuy ASR hip replacement has made it painfully clear that for the company DePuy Orthapaedics is driven solely by profit, leaving no room for the patient’s rights. And in the end, even after DePuy €“ a subsidiary of the international conglomerate Johnson & Johnson €“ settles on a myriad of DePuy hip recall lawsuits, it is likely that releasing cheap and flawed technology is still profitable. Who can we expect to effect systematic change in the realm of product safety? The FDA has proven slow to act and clearly companies like Johnson and Johnson, who has an extensive history of product recalls, will not alter their behavior unless the bottom line demands it. I have a friend who is a personal injury lawyer. Over lunch last week, he was telling me about a DePuy hip recall lawsuit that he is working on right now. Have you heard about DePuy? Probably not €“ this company has been quietly taking advantage of elderly and injured consumers throughout the last decade. They finally issued a recall of their hip replacement systems during 2010, but only after years of reported failures of the product. I was incensed to hear about yet another example of a large corporation €“ that is probably receiving tax cuts left and right from the government €“ not only making a dirty buck, but hurting innocent people along the way.