After a more than two month trial of six (6) plaintiffs’ cases, a federal jury in Dallas, Texas found Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. liable for defects in its Pinnacle Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant and awarded the Plaintiffs a total of $1.04 billion dollars. The Pinnacle Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant has been alleged to cause toxic metal particles that contaminate the …
BREAKING: J&J Hit With $498M Verdict In 2nd Pinnacle Bellwether Trial
Johnson & Johnson was hit with an eye-popping $497.6 million verdict Thursday in the second bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Pinnacle hip prosthetics manufactured by its DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit, a major win for the plaintiffs in the litigation who had this time put forth the consolidated claims of five patients alleging problems from the devices. …