With the ongoing lawsuits being filed about the DePuy hip replacement recall, some may have wondered what exactly is the reason behind the litigation. Hundreds have taken legal action in the hopes of gaining compensation for what DePuy has subjected them to.

In the summer of 2010, Johnson & Johnson division, DePuy Orthopaedics, issued a voluntary recall of their hip replacement devices named ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System. Generally, the average artificial hip should ...