$1 Billion Jury Award in 3rd Pinnacle Trial

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depuy pinnacle hip implantIf you have had hip implant surgery or have a hip in recall, contact The Ahearne Law Firm, PLLC for a free consultation. Call nationwide at (845) 986-2777.

On December 1, 2016, a Texas federal jury awarded $40 million in compensatory damages and more than $1 billion in punitive damages to six plaintiffs. The award comes in what was the third set of bellwether trials in the DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.’s Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant multidistrict litigation before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas.

The plaintiffs claim that the company failed to warn doctors and consumers about complications possible from the device, which included pain and subsequent revision surgeries. The award is staggering for Johnson & Johnson, DePuy’s parent company, given that another 8,500 plaintiffs remain in multidistrict litigation.

A fourth bellwether trial, which will involve 10 patients, has been scheduled by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in Dallas for September 2017.

If you have had hip implant surgery or have a hip in recall, contact The Ahearne Law Firm, PLLC for a free consultation. Call nationwide at (845) 986-2777.

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