{"id":1365,"date":"2017-02-08T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:37:00","slug":"depuy-seeks-new-trial-jury-returns-1-billion-punitive-damages-verdict-pinnacle-metal-metal-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/depuy-seeks-new-trial-jury-returns-1-billion-punitive-damages-verdict-pinnacle-metal-metal-case\/","title":{"rendered":"DePuy Seeks New Trial After Jury Returns $1 Billion Punitive Damages Verdict in Pinnacle Metal-on-Metal Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant device, has asked a federal judge to issue an order granting new trials after juries returned a total of $1 billion<\/a> in judgments to six total plaintiffs. Each of these plaintiffs sued the medical device maker, alleging that the Pinnacle hip implant device failed to include proper warnings about its potential side effects and that it was designed in an unreasonably defective manner. These plaintiffs alleged specifically that the metal-on-metal aspect of the device resulted in dangerous side effects, including metallosis, a condition in which metal particles escape into the bloodstream.<\/p>\n

In December 2016, a jury in Dallas concluded that the metal-on-metal hip implant devices were designed in a defective manner and failed to include warnings about their dangers. The Dallas jury awarded the six plaintiffs $32 million in compensatory damages and over $1 billion in punitive damages. Compensatory damages are a type of damages designed to compensate a plaintiff for expenses associated with his or her injuries that stem from the accident. Common examples include medical expenses and lost wages.<\/p>\n

Punitive damages, on the other hand, are a separate category of damages that are designed to punish a defendant for engaging in particularly egregious, wanton, and willful conduct while also serving to deter other similarly situated individuals from engaging in similarly reprehensible behavior.<\/p>\n

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Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant device, has asked a federal judge to issue an order granting new trials after juries returned a total of $1 billion in judgments to six total plaintiffs. 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