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Dozens of cases being taken against the manufacturers of allegedly defective hip replacements may be struck out following a ruling by the High Court. In what is seen as a test action that may have implications for a number of Irish cases Ms Justice Mary Faherty ruled that a claim brought by County Clare woman against the hip replacement makers required an authorisation from the Personal Assessment Injuries Board PIAB, now known as injuriesboard.ie, before it could proceed to a hearing before the courts. Ms Randa Murphy from Ennis is one of a number of people who has sued DePuy international Ltd. The firm owned by Johnson & Johnson, is currently subject to thousands of cases worldwide. including several hundred in Ireland related to its 2010 world wide recall of faulty hip replacement systems it sold. While Ms Murphy has brought parallel proceedings against DePuy where an authorisation has been obtained it is understood that as a result of the …
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