DePuy Urges Texas Federal Judge to Issue Judgment on $246.9 Million Pinnacle Hip Verdict

DALLAS — DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. says it does not oppose a request for judgment on the verdict made by plaintiffs who were awarded a total of $246,998,791.22 at the conclusion of a DePuy Pinnacle hip implant trial, explaining that it wants to challenge such a judgment through post-judgment motions and an appeal.

In an Aug. 15 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, DePuy said the amounts of the offsets and other calculations set forth in plaintiffs’ motion “correctly reflect the parties’ agreement as to the amounts to which the plaintiffs would be entitled based …