Damages in a Pinnacle hip implant lawsuit have been reduced in accordance with state law but the verdict remains the same, a judge overseeing coordination of Pinnacle hip injury lawsuits has determined. The original jury award of $500 million was reduced to $151 million for the five plaintiffs that were... Read more »

A jury has awarded five plaintiffs $500 million after determining Pinnacle hip devices manufactured by Johnson & Johnson were defective and the company failed to warn about potential risks associated with their devices. This marks the second Pinnacle hip implant trial, and 8,000 other cases are still pending in federal court. Plaintiffs... Read more »

Measuring errors at a manufacturing plant in England have left thousands of hip implant recipients vulnerable to the possibility of injury and early implant failure. DePuy Orthopedics has admitted errors in the manufacturing of some of its metal-on-metal implants at a Yorkshire factory and now faces questions from patients and... Read more »

A Texas man is suing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics based on allegations that the defendants designed, manufactured and promoted an inherently dangerous and defective prosthesis, without conducting rigorous pre-market tests. Plaintiff Steven Price was implanted with the Pinnacle hip replacement with an UltametTM liner – a... Read more »

In a recent Pinnacle hip lawsuit filed against DePuy Orthopedics, plaintiff Ronald Aller is demanding compensation for permanent injuries, lost wages, and physical and mental pain allegedly caused by the defendant’s hip replacement device. His wife is seeking additional damages for loss of consortium. The complaint was directly filed into... Read more »

A resident of Contra Costa County, California has filed a class action Depuy hip lawsuit against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, John Muir Health, and the doctor who performed his Pinnacle hip implant surgery. John Muldoon claims that a class action lawsuit is called for because the class is believed to... Read more »

A plaintiff who filed a DePuy hip lawsuit in New Jersey alleges her Pinnacle hip system left her with severe injuries, permanent debility and concerns over additional revision surgeries in the future. The plaintiff’s husband is also listed on the complaint, claiming he has lost the “society, companionship and conjugal relationship”... Read more »