On August 31st, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied DePuy Orthopaedics’ petition for a writ of mandamus instructing the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which is presiding over the...more
In a staggering verdict, a Texas jury recently awarded over $1 billion against Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. (“DePuy”) (collectively referred to as “Defendants”) to six California...more
The pain and suffering that a flawed medical device can cause can last a long time. A Dallas jury provided a timely reminder of that, deciding six California plaintiffs should be paid more than $1 billion for the harm they...more
As a medical device lawyer for more than 20 years, I have received so many calls from patients who are concerned that they have a recalled hip implant in their body. Often, their first notice of a potential problem with their...more
The drug and medical device unit at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley recently filed yet another products liability lawsuit against DePuy with regard to a failed DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant. This latest...more
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has requested that an $8.3 million judgment against the company over its DePuy metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant be put on hold....more