Oklahoma Jury Returns $2.5 Million Verdict in DePuy ASR Hip Case

TULSA, Okla. — Jurors have awarded $2.5 million to an Oklahoma woman who had DePuy ASR XL Acetabular systems removed from both hips less than five years after they were implanted.

The Tulsa County District Court jury returned the verdict Feb. 3, determining that a design defect in the ASR XL artificial hip was to blame for the plaintiff’s injuries, which included three revision surgeries, metallosis and significant injuries to the tissue surrounding the allegedly defective implants.

Jurors, however, rejected plaintiff Andrea Smith’s claims that DePuy was negligent or failed to adequately warn her of dangers associated with the ASR …