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DePuy Hip Recall Litigation Conference
November 3, 2010


Weitz & Luxenberg attorney Ellen Relkin will serve as a panelist as part of a legal conference on issues involving those injured after being implanted with defective DePuy hip implant components.  The seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida.


Ms. Relkin will participate in a panel discussion which will cover the following topics relating to DePuy hip litigation:

*  Number of potential claimants and damage projections, both individually and nationally
*  The MDL hearing
*  Number of state cases and their status


View the conference brochure.


Ms. Relkin, whose practice focuses on pharmaceutical and medical device product liability and toxic tort matters, has represented plaintiffs injured by the birth control patch Ortho Evra, the acne drug Accutane, the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella, Hydroxycut dietary supplement products, defective Zimmer Durom Cup hip implants, and those who suffered serious health problems related to their mother’s use of the drug DES during pregnancy, among other defective medical products.  In April 2006, she was part of the trial team that secured a $13.5 million verdict (case # ATLL 1296-05) against Merck in a failure-to-warn case involving Vioxx and the risk for heart attack and she successfully defended the compensatory damage verdict on appeal. 


Ms. Relkin, who is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney, has spoken on scientific evidence issues and has published articles on the subject in the CARDOZO LAW REVIEW and the DICKINSON JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ANDPOLICY.  In addition, Ms. Relkin serves on the board of advisors for the BNA PRODUCT SAFETY ANDLIABILITY REPORTER, the TOXICS LAW REPORTER, and the MDEX DAUBERT REPORTER.


She is a Fellow of the Pound Civil Justice Institute and an elected member of the American Law Institute, the New YorkState and New Jersey Trial Lawyers Associations, and the New Jersey, New York and American Bar Associations. In addition, Ms. Relkin is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ, formerly ATLA®), and is a former Chair of AAJ’s Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts.


About Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C.
Weitz & Luxenberg, founded in 1986, is one of the leading plaintiffs' litigation law firms in America. The firm has played leading roles in national and local litigations involving mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer, as well as defective medicines and medical devices such as shoulder pain pumps, Yaz birth control, Zimmer Durom and DePuy ASRHip implants, Advanced Bionics cochlear implants, Hydroxycut, transvaginal mesh (TVT mesh), Accutane, Avandia, Fosamax and Zicam, and general negligence and medical malpractice, among others. 


A forerunner in the legal fight against polluters, Weitz & Luxenberghas worked with clients harmed by the groundwater pollution in Endicott, New York, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, Fennville, Michigan, Paw Paw, Michigan, industrial de-greasers PCE/TCE in groundwater and indoor air, the gasoline additive MTBE in water supply wells, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and PERC/PCE in coal float-sink test operations. 


In addition, our lawyers are also representing Gulf coast residents facing property damage and financial losses due to the BP oil spill.


For more information and to register for the conference, visit HB Litigation Conferences.


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If you have experienced complications from a DePuy hip implant, our defective medical device lawyers may be able to help you obtain compensation for your injuries, pain and suffering and other legal relief.


Please complete the form on this page to have your possible DePuy hip lawsuit concerning the DePuy hip recall reviewed by our law firm.


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see also:

Durham, NC Seminar DePuy Hip Litigation News | Weitz & Luxenberg DePuy hip injury lawyers
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Recall Information Depuy hip replacement recall | Weitz & Luxenberg Lawyers
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