IN RE DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

Nos. 16-11051, 16-11052, 16-11053, 16-11054, 16-11056, 17-10030, 17-10031, 17-10032, 17-10034, 17-10035.

888 F.3d 753 (2018)

IN RE: DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INCORPORATED, PINNACLE HIP IMPLANT PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION. Jay Christopher, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, Jacqueline Christopher, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. Richard Klusmann, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, Susan Klusmann, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. Donald Greer, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. Robert Peterson, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, Karen Peterson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. Margaret Aoki, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. Margaret Aoki, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants. Jay Christopher; Jacqueline Christopher, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants. Donald Greer, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants. Richard Klusmann; Susan Klusmann, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants. Robert Peterson; Karen Peterson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Mark Lanier, Esq. , Miriam Michelle Carreras , Kevin Philip Parker , Lanier Law Firm, P.C., Wayne Fisher , Justin Presnal, Esq. , Fisher, Boyd, Johnson & Huguenard, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Richard J. Arsenault, Esq. , Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, Jayne Conroy , Hanly, Conroy, Bierstein & Sheridan, L.L.P., New York, NY, Kenneth Winston Starr , Waco, TX, Stephen E. Harrison, II , Harrison Davis Steakley Morrison Jones, P.C., Woodway, TX, Daniel Wesley McDonald , McDonald Law Firm, Fort Worth, TX, W. Bradley Parker , Parker Law Firm, P.C., Bedford, TX, Donna Jo Bowen , Slack & Davis, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Paul D. Clement , Jeffrey Matthew Harris , George W. Hicks, Jr. , Michael Dallas Lieberman , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., John H. Beisner , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Michael Vance Powell , Locke Lord, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Archis Ashok Parasharami , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

J. Campbell Barker , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


These appeals and cross-appeal are from the second in a series of bellwether trials from the Pinnacle Hip multidistrict litigation ("MDL"), in which several thousand plaintiffs claim injuries from Pinnacle hips manufactured and sold by DePuy Orthopaedics, Incorporated ("DePuy...

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