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 »

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 »

Another DePuy Pinnacle hip lawsuit has been filed over metallosis (or metal poisoning), an alleged result of the flawed hip replacement construction which caused the plaintiff discomfort and damage and necessitated follow-up surgery. The complaint contends that the defendant, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (a subsidiary corporation of Johnson & Johnson) produced... Read more »

The U.S. District Judge overseeing federal Pinnacle hip litigation has denied DePuy’s motions to have two key lawsuits dismissed. The complaints, filed by Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli and Toni M. Lay, are slated to go before a jury on September 1, as the first in a series of bellwether trials. The honorable... Read more »