Coordinating Judge Adds 640 Add-On Cases to California DePuy ASR Docket

SAN FRANCISCO - The California state judge overseeing that state's coordinated DePuy ASR Hip Implant docket has granted petitions adding more than 640 cases to the 46 included in the initial coordination order in March. In re: DePuy ASR Hip Implant Cases, JCCP No. 4649 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Francisco Cty.).

The orders granting either stipulated petitions to coordinate or petitions by defendants DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. were granted on Aug. 29 by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer, who oversees the ASR docket.

In each instance, Judge Kramer signed orders prepared by petitioners, which included lists of …