A Texas federal jury on Thursday found Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit liable for more than $1.04 billion in a six-plaintiff bellwether trial targeting metal-shedding artificial hips that are part of its Pinnacle line, dwarfing the $150 million verdict J&J is on the hook for after a previous bellwether.
ST. LOUIS – A major victory for a plaintiff in the Johnson & Johnson talcum powder litigation took place yesterday, with a jury awarding $70.075 million to Ms. Deborah Giannecchini. This is the third substantial talc verdict against J&J this year–other huge losses have taken place, with damages awarded to plaintiffs in two separate verdicts…
After being slammed with two multimillion dollar verdicts which are currently being appealed, Johnson & Johnson is pointing the finger at plaintiffs’ lawyers claiming that we are deliberately creating confusion about the science of talc. Why were the juries so incensed that they awarded $112 million in punitive damages? Several documents obtained through the discovery…
The move to take a more aggressive posture in reporting potential risks with medical devices follows several high profile lawsuits involving the safety and risks of medical products. Among them a hip implant, a defibrillator that stopped working, and a mesh implant to prevent incontinence in women, which has been reported to erode. The FDA…
U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade on Tuesday, reduced the verdict in the second bellwether trial over Johnson & Johnson’s Pinnacle hip implant from $497.6 million to approximately $151 million. The judge was compelled to reduce the verdict under a Texas state law limiting punitive damages according to a specific formula. The verdict included roughly $360…
A recent article posted in Forbes, informs readers that bringing new products to market can take years and require so much data proving product safety, that years can go by before consumers have the ability to purchase them. To circumvent this the FDA has provided a “fast-track” for companies that promise to continue collecting market evidence of consumer…
Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Pinnacle hip prosthetics, has asked that pending bellwether trials be put on hold while it appeals the recent $497.6 million verdict awarded in March of this year. J&J’s attorneys filed post-trial motions and have indicated that depending on the outcome of those motions an appeal may be filed in…
I recently attended a National conference which included an update on the Bair Hugger litigation. Following is an update on the status of the litigation: The litigation was centralized on December 11, 2015 in the District of Minnesota. Honorable Joan H. Erickson was assigned to the MDL. Magistrate Judge Franklin Noel is also assigned to…
A federal judge in Philadelphia says that a lawsuit filed against Bayer for its Essure permanent contraceptive device can proceed, despite dismissing all but two claims filed by five women who allege they were harmed by the device. U.S. District Judge John R. Padova said that the women’s claims that Bayer used misleading advertising and…
A year-long investigation by NBC News has revealed that medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard, Inc. allegedly knew of defects in its Recovery IVC Blood Clot filters but continued to market the products anyway despite a more than 50% failure rate. IVC filters are used to prevent blood clots from reaching a patient’s heart or lungs.…