$1B
Class Action, Defective Products
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Case Details
Dallas federal jury awarded six plaintiffs who were seriously injured by defective Pinnacle hip implants manufactured by Johnson and Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. with a $1.041 billion verdict.
Additional Notes
The $1.041 billion verdict includes 32 million in actual damages and the rest in punitive damages. Johnson & Johnson plans to appeal. This is the third test case to go to trial. The second Pinnacle hip implant case produced a $500 million verdict. The first case in 2014, Johnson & Johnson and DePuy were both cleared of any liability. DePuy stopped selling the device in 2013. Companies settled 7,000 lawsuits against ASR metal-on-metal hip implant for $2.5 billion in 2013.