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According to the U.S. federal court where the Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuits have been consolidated, the cases in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) will be ready for trial during the summer of 2015.

Stryker Rejuvenate cases, are heading to early trial dates, known as “bellwether” trials, which helps the parties determine how juries may respond to trial evidence and testimony.

For the folks who have been injured or severely maimed by the defective Depuy ASR metal on metal hip implant, relief is around the corner. According to unnamed sources, Bloomberg News and the New York Times, a mammoth settlement is pending release in open federal court on Tuesday November 19th.

The proposed settlement is going to be presented in federal court and will need the blessing of the federal judge overseeing the DePuy ASR litigation, which at last count has passed the 12,000 mark for folks afflicted by the allegedly faulty hip implant.

According to Bloomberg News, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will pay more than $4 billion to resolve the product liability lawsuits over its recalled hip implants. This massive settlement is the largest of U.S. lawsuit claims over an allegedly defective medical device, and affects thousands of patients who have been injured by the metal on metal hip implant.

Settlement Impacts Thousands of Patients

According to court documents, Johnson & Johnson has agreed to settle a DePuy ASR hip replacement lawsuit, on the eve of trial. The settlement agreement remains confidential.

DePuy ASR Metallosis Injury AttorneyJohnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics has agreed to settle a DePuy ASR hip lawsuit, the first bellwether trial in a California state court consolidation of ASR cases.

This DePuy ASR case that was set to begin later in October in California state court. See my earlier reporting on secret settlement negotiations regarding the DePuy ASR implants. This is overall good news for plaintiffs that the company is beginning to take the failure allegations seriously.

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