Pre-Trial Schedule Set in N.D. Case Alleging Mismatched DePuy ASR Components

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal magistrate has issued an order setting out pre-trial deadlines in a case in which the plaintiff alleges that her DePuy (NYSE:JNJ) ASR hip implant failed because of mismatched components.

The Sept. 5 order by Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller Jr. came in the case filed by Joan Terri Fay in April in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota.

The case has been assigned to District Judge Daniel L. Hovland and is scheduled for trial in April 2015.

Fay says that she underwent a left total hip arthroplasty in April 2007, …