A recent decision slashing the punitive award in the first Wright Conserve hip implant bellwether trial is still a significant plaintiffs’ win, an attorney who represents plaintiffs in other medical device suits and a law professor say.
The court cut the punitive award from $10 million to $1.1 million (In re Wright Med. Tech. Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Prod. Liab. Litig. (Christiansen v. Wright Med. Tech., Inc.), N.D. Ga., MDL No. 2329, 4/5/16).
The case is the only one so far in the federal multidistrict litigation to go to trial, out of hundreds of personal injury cases. ...
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