{"id":1312,"date":"2017-01-11T09:06:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T15:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:37:14","slug":"federal-judge-reduces-1-billion-verdict-depuy-pinnacle-hip-implants-nearly-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/federal-judge-reduces-1-billion-verdict-depuy-pinnacle-hip-implants-nearly-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Reduces $1 Billion Verdict Against DePuy for Pinnacle Hip Implants by Nearly Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Texas recently entered an order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-01-04\/j-j-judge-slashes-1-billion-verdict-over-pinnacle-hip-implants\" target=\"_blank\">reducing<\/a> a jury verdict against Johnson &amp; Johnson\u00a0regarding its DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant device. Marketed under the brand name Pinnacle, thousands of plaintiffs have sued DePuy, alleging that the metal-on-metal hip implant was defective, was unreasonably dangerous, and failed to include proper warnings about the risks associated with the device.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most common injuries associated with metal-on-metal hip implants is metallosis, which is a type of metal poisoning. When the metal components of the hip implant device rub together, microscopic fragments of metal are released into the blood and surrounding tissues. Metallosis causes serious complications, including damage to the bone, tissue, and nervous systems. In some cases, the symptoms associated with the condition do not manifest for several months. These symptoms include skin rashes, infection, nerve pain, cognitive impairment, heart problems, depression, anxiety, and visual impairment that can lead to blindness. Other complications associated with the Pinnacle device include chronic pain, popping and clicking, and complications requiring a revision or removal surgery.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2015, a jury in Dallas returned a verdict concluding that DePuy designed the Pinnacle device in an unreasonably\u00a0dangerous manner and failed to warn patients. It awarded the plaintiffs in the lawsuit $32 million in compensatory damages and over $1 billion in punitive damages. Punitive damages are a separate category of compensation that is designed to punish a defendant for reckless, malicious, and wanton conduct. It is also intended to deter similarly situated individuals from engaging in comparable behavior.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/federal-judge-reduces-1-billion-verdict-depuy-pinnacle-hip-implants-nearly-half\/#more-1312\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Texas recently entered an order reducing a jury verdict against Johnson &amp; Johnson\u00a0regarding its DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant device. Marketed under the brand name Pinnacle, thousands of plaintiffs have sued DePuy, alleging that the metal-on-metal hip implant was defective, was unreasonably dangerous, and failed to include proper warnings about the risks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-devices"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal Judge Reduces $1 Billion Verdict Against DePuy for Pinnacle Hip Implants by Nearly Half &#8212; Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog &#8212; January 11, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A federal judge in Texas recently entered an order reducing a jury verdict against Johnson &amp; 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