Pinnacle

Attorney Altom M. Maglio was elected to lead a group focused on the ongoing litigation against Johnson & Johnson over the company’s Pinnacle and ASR metal on metal hip replacements. The American Association for Justice (AAJ), the primary …Read More »

On behalf of our clients, Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. filed a “Motion and Incorporated Brief for Case Management Conference” with the Court overseeing lawsuits involving Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Pinnacle metal on metal hip …Read More »

Good News for Potential Pinnacle Hip Lawsuit Settlements A global settlement may come soon in Pinnacle hip implant lawsuits across the country.  One of the attorneys working on the deal announced that both sides reached …Read More »

According to court documents released on Monday, November 26th, 2018, DePuy, the manufacturer of the Pinnacle hip, appears to be in the process of settling thousands of their Metal on Metal hip cases within the …Read More »

A Dallas Federal jury issued a $247 million dollar verdict against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopedics today. The jury reached their unanimous verdict in favor of 6 hip replacement patients who were seriously hurt by …Read More »

A Texas judge slashes a $1 billion dollar verdict by $500 million dollars in the most recent Pinnacle hip replacement trial.  Judge Ed Kinkeade based his decision on “constitutional considerations that limit the amount a …Read More »

Jurors announced a record $1 billion dollar verdict against Johnson & Johnson in the most recent Pinnacle metal on metal hip trial.  It took jurors only one day of deliberations to come back with their …Read More »

(Thursday, March 17, 2016)–  Today a Dallas, TX jury awarded an astounding $497.6 million dollar verdict over the defective Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip replacements made and sold by DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Jonnson.  This is a huge …Read More »

Attorneys made their closing arguments today in the DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal hip replacement trial.  Now the case is in the hands of the jury, which also began deliberations today, March 10, 2016. Proceedings …Read More »

The surprise verdict in the Dallas, Texas Pinnacle hip trial has a lot of people worried. But here’s the reality:  This was one trial, one jury, one verdict. This is only the beginning. There are …Read More »

After seven weeks in a Dallas courtroom, a jury is now deliberating in the Pinnacle Metal on Metal hip trial. On Tuesday the lawyer for Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli urged the jury to hold Johnson & Johnson …Read More »

Why Maglio Christopher & Toale, P. A. is at the Dallas Pinnacle Hip Trial The attorneys at Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. have spent the past few weeks in the Dallas courtroom during the first Pinnacle bellwether trial.  Even …Read More »

Attorney Altom Maglio Attends Pinnacle Trial in Dallas Attorney Altom Maglio, who filed the first of the current metal-on-metal hip lawsuits in the United States, is in Dallas, TX this week attending the Pinnacle hip trial.  Mr. …Read More »

A DePuy executive faced a tough day in court defending whether or not the company did enough to make sure their Pinnacle metal on metal hip replacement was safe, according to Reuters. Pam Plouhar, VP of Clinical …Read More »

Our firm represents many patients with defective Pinnacle hip implants.  That’s why we felt it was important for our attorneys to be present at the first bellwether trial in Dallas, Texas. We believe the best …Read More »

A trial involving the first of thousands of hip replacement patients to sue DePuy over its Pinnacle device is underway in Dallas. More than 6,000 lawsuits have been filed against the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary …Read More »