J&J Hip Replacement Lawsuits Given to One Judge - Bloomberg

Hip replacements are no fun. First there's the pain you tolerate for years until it's intolerable; then the decision; then the surgery; and finally the rehab, and the thought, "Why didn't I do this sooner?" Imagine having one recalled!

"All pretrial proceedings in federal lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over recalled devices used in hip-replacement surgery will be overseen by a federal judge in Ohio, a judicial panel decided.

U.S. District Judge David A. Katz in federal court in Toledo will supervise evidence-gathering efforts in cases over the ASR XL Acetabular System, which J&J’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit recalled on Aug. 26 after the implants stopped functioning properly."

J&J Hip Replacement Lawsuits Given to One Judge - Bloomberg

No, I haven't had one, but I know many who have.