Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary could end up paying another $420 million on top of the $2.5 billion it was already expected to pay to settle lawsuits related to ASR metal-on-metal hip implant products.
The settlement is now open to U.S. citizens or residents who had hip revision surgery over their ASR implants before the end of January 2015, according to a February 20 filing in U.S. District Court in Toledo. The settlement previously only covered those who had surgeries before August 31, 2013.
J&J is estimating that the extension of the settlement program will open it up to another 1400 people, on top of the 8000 who were already participating in the program, according to the company’s most recent annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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