Monthly Archives: September 2012

Defective DuPuy Hip Products

Some 3,500 people had defective DePuy Orthopaedics hip joints fitted in Ireland in 16 public and 14 private hospitals before DePuy ordered a worldwide recall of the product in 2010. In August 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics issued a voluntary recall of its defective hip joints after receiving new, then-unpublished data from a joint replacement registry in the...
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Increase in claims to InjuriesBoard.ie

InjuriesBoard.ie which was formerly known as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board has today released figures that it received over 14,600 personal injury claims in the first six months of the year.  This was a  increase of 4.1% on the same period last year.   InjuriesBoard.ie also stated it is dealing with a number of claims linked to...
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