Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary were hit with a $500 million verdict on Thursday after a federal jury in Texas found gross negligence and fraud in connection with the defective design of a hip implant.
The award against Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., which includes $360 million in punitive damages, comes in the second bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over its Pinnacle hip implants, which plaintiffs claim caused pain and additional surgeries. A federal jury in 2014 had rendered a defense verdict in the first bellwether trial.
