Monday, April 25, 2011

Seniors, Beware of Cochran Firm Fraud

(20 paragraphs, 8 links) Bad news for senior citizens and other litigants against DePuy regarding faulty hip implants:  Hezekiah Sistrunk, Esq. is on the defense litigation team - a thoroughly unethical attorney.  See the news reports and links below:


ATLANTA -- The Cochran Firm - Atlanta attorney, Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., has been selected for a leadership position in the DePuy ASR Hip Implant mass tort multidistrict litigation.


Federal Judge David A. Katz appointed Mr. Sistrunk to the Discovery Committee which will be responsible for leading and directing the discovery efforts for all federal lawsuits related to the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant and ASR Hip Resurfacing System manufactured by Johnson and Johnson's orthopedic division, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. All federal lawsuits related to the DePuy ASR implants will rely on the evidence developed by the Plaintiffs' MDL Discovery Committee.


A National partner of The Cochran Firm, Mr. Sistrunk is chairman of the national firm's executive committee and managing partner of the firm's Atlanta office. He has over 27 years of experience in handling complex litigation, toxic torts, products liability and medical cases. Other attorneys with The Cochran Firm serving on the mass tort litigation team are Jane Lamberti Sams, The Cochran Firm - Atlanta, Farrest Taylor and Angela Mason, The Cochran Firm - Dothan, and Douglas Fees, The Cochran Firm - Huntsville.


"It is an honor to represent The Cochran Firm in this leadership position with the DePuy Litigation case management," said Mr. Sistrunk. "The health of thousands of patients has been jeopardized by these defective implants. The Cochran Firm litigation team is currently reviewing 600 cases in the DePuy Hip Implant litigation," he added.


In August, 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (orthopedic division of Johnson & Johnson) issued a recall of its total hip replacement, the ASR XL Acetabular System and its partial hip replacement, the ASR Hip Resurfacing System. Both of the medical devices were recalled based on data from studies in the United Kingdom which showed the products were failing at a higher rate than expected, causing patients to undergo a second Revision Surgery. 
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Hezekiah Sistrunk should not be on the Discovery Committee with his reputation of defrauding his own clients.  Notice that the news article above says "The Cochran Firm - Atlanta."  When clients sue The Cochran Firm for fraud, devious lawyers at The Cochran Firm and Georgia courts declare The Cochran Firm's Atlanta office nonexistent in the State of Georgia.  See http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com/ - especially court pleadings under the DOCUMENTS tab.


I wondered what judge would appoint such an unethical attorney as Hezekiah Sistrunk to litigate an import case and found disturbing reports about Judge Katz: 


The Committee to Expose Dishonest and Incompetent Judges, Attorneys and Public Officials
http://www.noethics.net/News/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=311:is-toledo-federal-judge-david-katz-ethically-insolvent-and-a-certified-moron-yes-he-is&catid=38:federal-reporter&Itemid=58


Final Conclusion of the ABA screening Committee on Judge David Katz’s qualifications


David Katz has shown no evidence of his ability to perform legal analysis or do legal writing required of a Federal judge


To place David Katz on the Federal bench is to put him in an environment which he has no familiarity or experience


David Katz has no background whatsoever in criminal law


David Katz has no jury trial experience


David Katz’s participation in a few arbitration matters does not substitute for his lack of courtroom experience, all of which were of the settlement type and not of the evidentiary type


David Katz’s lack of experience in the courtroom would render him in a learning posture for a “couple of years”


David Katz will have to master the Civil and Criminal Rules, learn the Federal Rules of Evidence and acquire a grasp of their proper interpretation and application.


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It is my assessment that The Cochran Firm is used to defraud clients in legal cases to save government entities and certain corporations from clients' lawsuits.  The injustice system often victimizes disadvantaged persons, including minorities, handicapped persons, and whites who lack wealth.  It does not bode well for DePuy's plaintiffs that Hezekiah Sistrunk will have a key role.  If I had a case against DePuy, I would not agree to be represented in the class that will be defended by Sistrunk before Judge Katz, especially if I were a senior citizen.  Senior citizens are very undervalued in America.  In fact, some officials refer to retired Americans as "lessers."
http://www.retiredamericans.org/system/storage/24/7e/9/528/simpson_greediest_generation.pdf 


For more information, please see COCHRAN FIRM FRAUD videos on YouTube, or access links in this article:  COCHRAN FIRM FRAUD:  http://freespeakblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/cochran-firm-fraud.html

More about Judge Katz and the Depuy litigation is at these two links:  J&J Hip Replacement Lawsuits Given to One Judge  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-04/j-j-hip-replacement-lawsuits-given-to-one-judge.html
and "Hezekiah Sistrunk Selected for DePuy Discovery Committee"
http://atlanta.citybizlist.com/3/2011/1/31/Hezekiah-Sistrunk-Appointed-to-DePuy-Hip-Implant-Discovery-Committee.aspx


Another Cochran Firm attorney was placed in a key position to represent claimants against BP regarding the 2010 oil spill.  Apparently, minorities will no longer be the only clients defrauded to protect government interests and Big Business.

Mary Neal
http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com/
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
http://www.Care2.com/c2c/group/AIMI

7 comments:

  1. Senior citizens, please beware that if you are defrauded by Hezekiah Sistrunk, you should not sue for malpractice. Angela Mason,Esq., who is mentioned in the article about DePuy, was able to tell Judge Batten, of United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, the color of the vehicle that followed me home from work at night after we sued The Cochran Firm, although I had never told anyone the color of the vehicle. She lived in Alabama, and I lived in Atlanta area. How did she know? Police never asked her, and neither did the judge, likely because The Cochran Firm is used to defraud senior citizens like my poor mother - and like you.

    See "Because He Lives" at YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn-c5yDX8wM

    I posted a video of my niece singing a Gospel song to my mom to comfort her after being defrauded by The Cochran Firm, which worked behind her back instead of representing her, and tonight I noticed someone put two videos called, "YOU a Ho" beside my mom. You have no idea of what we have been going through since we sued that firm, and I do not want you to find out. So if you already signed contract and get defrauded, don't sue. You may not be able to get away from the stalkers as well as I have so far.

    I am sorry about your faulty implants and hope this message finds you feeling better.

    God bless you.
    Mary Neal

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  2. Even depuy hip lawsuits are included here?

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  3. Hi Anne, sadly, depuy recall hip replacement is included too.

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  4. Sas to say that depuy asr hip issue still exists.

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  5. The asr hip recall issue has a huge effect on the lives of many.

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  6. I thought that filing a DePuy Pinnacle lawsuit will end the people's problem of complication but it won't. There are still a lot of issues to settle within the MDL. I hope that these conflicts can be resolved before the people loses hope.

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  7. This class action case was settled, according to an article in The Chicago Tribune.
    "Johnson & Johnson to reportedly pay $4B in hip implant lawsuit"
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-johnson-johnson-hip-implant-lawsuit-20131113,0,4176921.story

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