J&J Judge Slashes $1 Billion Verdict Over Pinnacle Hip Implants
- Judge found punitive-damage award was constitutionally flawed
- J&J, DePuy unit still face 9,000 lawsuits over hip implants
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Johnson & Johnson won a ruling cutting almost in half a $1.04 billion jury award to patients who accused the company of hiding defects in its Pinnacle artificial hips that had to be surgically removed.
A judge on Tuesday left undisturbed a jury’s finding that officials of J&J and its DePuy unit failed to properly warn doctors and patients about the artificial hips’ flaws, but found the panel’s punitive-damage awards to six patients were excessive and should be reduced, according to court filings.