IN RE: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc, Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation

  1. October 03, 2016

    J&J Artificial Hips' Market Success Built On Lies, Jury Told

    Johnson & Johnson, which sold 150,000 metal artificial hips in the 2000s, evaded standard regulatory review and convinced doctors a dangerous design was safe, lawyers for hip replacement patients told a Texas federal jury in the first day of a bellwether trial.

  2. September 28, 2016

    5th Circ. Upholds Video Testimony In J&J Hip MDL

    The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday reaffirmed a Texas district judge's order allowing satellite testimony during an October trial against Johnson & Johnson in multidistrict litigation over its hip prosthetics, despite complaints from the company that there were no special circumstances to justify the decision.

  3. July 28, 2016

    J&J Denied Bid For Speedy 5th Circ. Appeal In Hip MDL

    The Fifth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a Johnson & Johnson unit facing thousands of lawsuits over its hip prosthetics can't get an expedited appeal after a trial loss, just days after patients argued that the second bellwether trial was too complex and voluminous to warrant a speedy appeal.

  4. July 06, 2016

    Award In J&J Hip Implant Bellwether Trial Slashed To $150M

    A Texas federal judge cut a $497.6 million verdict from the second bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Pinnacle hip prosthetics manufactured by Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit to about $150 million on Tuesday, according to an attorney representing patients alleging injuries.

  5. July 05, 2016

    J&J, DePuy Can't Put Texas Hip Implant MDL On Hold

    Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. can't stay upcoming bellwether trials in multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective hip replacements while it appeals the trial process, in part because it had the chance to raise issues earlier and didn't, a Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  6. June 23, 2016

    J&J Tells 5th Circ. Hip Implant MDL Is Flawed

    Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit told the Fifth Circuit Thursday that the Texas federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Pinnacle hip prosthetics has been abusing the bellwether process and asked for a halt to a trial scheduled for early fall.

  7. June 13, 2016

    Judge Won't Stay J&J Hip Implant Trials After $502M Verdict

    The Texas federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Pinnacle hip prosthetics made by Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit on Friday picked seven bellwether cases for trial, after J&J asked to stay cases pending its appeal of an eye-popping $502 million verdict.

  8. May 26, 2016

    J&J Seeks To Pause Hip Implant Trials After $502M Verdict

    Johnson & Johnson has asked a Texas federal judge to put upcoming bellwether trials on ice in the multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Pinnacle hip prosthetics manufactured by its DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit, as it intends to appeal a whopping $497.6 million verdict.

  9. March 17, 2016

    J&J Patients Won $502M Verdict With Rare Scope Of Evidence

    Johnson and Johnson suffered a withering $502 million blow in the second bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over its unit DePuy Orthopaedics' Pinnacle hip implants, an explosive outcome that attorneys say was wrought in part because of the unusually broad scope of evidence the Texas federal court allowed the patients to present.

  10. March 17, 2016

    J&J Hit With $502M Verdict In 2nd Pinnacle Bellwether Trial

    Johnson & Johnson was hit with an eye-popping $502 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.