Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Frustration From a Deal on Flawed Hip Implants - NYTimes.com

Celeste Laney calls the settlement "a joke"
Frustration From a Deal on Flawed Hip Implants - NYTimes.com:
By Barry Meier
Patients injured by a flawed hip implant sold by Johnson & Johnson have directed their anger at myriad places over the years. The regulatory system that allowed the product’s sale. The company that repeatedly denied problems with the device. Even the doctors who implanted the hips.
When the metal parts of the Articular Surface Replacement rubbed together inside a patient, they created harmful debris. Now, some patients have found a new target for their ire: the legal system and the lawyers they hired to sue Johnson & Johnson.



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