$1B
Product Liability
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Case Details
Jury awarded over $1 billion in punitive damages in a case involving defective hip replacements manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Depuy unit.
Additional Notes
This was on top of $30 million in compensatory damages. The case involved six plaintiffs. A separate Texas jury awarded $502 million in punitive damages in another trial involving the Pinnacle hip replacements in June, but that award was lowered to $150 million based on Texas state law regarding caps on punitive damages. This case, however, involved six California residents, and the federal court applied California law, which does not have similar caps on how much punitive damages can be awarded.