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The two-month trial led to a week-long deliberation, after which the jury concluded that Johnson & Johnson was liable for the injuries the patients sustained as a result of the device. Jurors determined that the implant was designed defectively, and that the company was aware of the risks, but failed to issue warnings to consumers.
Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $140 million in compensatory damages as well as $360 in punitive damages. The company has stated they will appeal the decision in efforts to lower the amount of punitive damages.
This verdict is the first to hold Johnson & Johnson responsible for the defective design of the Pinnacle hip implant. In a previous case that concluded in 2014, a federal jury found the company not liable. Thousands of additional Pinnacle hip implant cases have been filed against the company, 8,000 of which have been consolidated in the federal court of Texas.
Though marketed as safe and long-lasting, the patients in the case reported that the Pinnacle hip implant caused injuries including tissue loss, bone corrosion, and elevated blood metal levels. They also reported failure rates much sooner than expected.
The Pinnacle hip implant was pulled from the market in 2013. That same year, Johnson & Johnson settled 7,000 claims regarding a similar ASR metal-on-metal hip implant.
In February, the company was held liable in the wrongful death of a woman with ovarian cancer, connected to their talcum powder products. An award of $72 million was issued.
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This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by attorney Jeffery A. Pitman, who has more than 28 years of legal experience and handled thousands of personal injury cases while obtaining millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements in Wisconsin.
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