DePuy warned over faulty hips years before recall

Medical devices firm DePuy continued to market all-metal hip implants for more than three years after an Irish doctor warned of their dangers.

The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary advertised its metal-on-metal hip implants despite Belfast orthopaedic surgeon David Beverland informing one of the manufacturer’s executives that they were causing problems.

Revelations over the warnings have appeared in a court case in Los Angeles in which Loren Kransky, 65, is suing DePuy for failing to warm him the hip could be faulty.