It was recently reported that five people who are working with the lawsuit called DePuy ASR MDL 2197 litigation,  confirmed that there were settlement discussions regarding these hip implant lawsuits resulting in Medical Negligence.  It is important for everyone to understand that the leadership of the Lawyer Executive Committee emailed the following statement to the reporters: “The lawyers and leadership in the cooperating jurisdictions are working for the benefit of the 35,000 United States patients who have this recalled medical device.  We have reviewed some 50 million pages of documents that have been produced and have taken over 50 depositions.  At this time we have a significant number of trials set with the company and we are primarily focusing our efforts on trial preparation.  Any comment relating to settlement that does not come from leadership, the Court, or from the company itself, is speculative and uninformed.”

There are many of these cases getting set for trial.  Currently, the first hip implant case will start in Los Angeles  in the third week in January.  While it is part of the California proceedings, California leadership and the MDL leadership have been working cooperatively to develop evidence, witnesses and experts for this case as well as all cases across the country.   In February , another trial is set to start in Illinois which is also part of the cooperating jurisdictions.   Judge Katz, who presides over the MDL, selected two plaintiffs’ cases for trial.  The first will occur in May in Toledo and the second will be in July.  The lawyers at ShawLaw are interested in making sure that correct information is given out regarding the unfortunate statements regarding early settlement of hip implant cases. If you have a question about your implant and need advice, we are happy to consult with you from our experience in working with hip implant/product defect cases. You may call us at 713-Shaw-Law or 713-742-9529