October 23, 2014
Thursday's win for Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopedics Inc. unit at the first bellwether trial over its Pinnacle line of metal-on-metal hip implants dealt a surprising early blow to plaintiffs' attorneys that lawyers say will have Johnson & Johnson digging in its heels in upcoming trials.
October 23, 2014
A Texas federal jury on Thursday unanimously cleared Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopedics Inc. unit of accusations it manufactured a dangerous and defective metal-on-metal hip implant, in a bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the company's Pinnacle device.
October 21, 2014
Bringing an eight-week bellwether trial to a close in Dallas federal court, a hip implant patient on Tuesday accused Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit of putting marketing and sales before safety in its allegedly defective Pinnacle line of metal-on-metal implants.
September 17, 2014
Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy Orthopedics Inc. on Wednesday attacked claims it promoted Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants in spite of knowing the product had high failure rates, with a DePuy executive telling a Texas federal jury outlier doctors had skewed the statistics.