Montana Man Wins $8.3 Million Verdict In First Trial Over DePuy ASR Hip Implant

LOS ANGELES—A Montana man won $8.3 million March 8 from a jury in a California state court in the first personal injury suit to go to trial over DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.'s ASR metal-on-metal hip implants (Kransky v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.).

Loren Kransky’s suit against the Johnson & Johnson unit served as a bellwether case for litigation pending in California Superior Court in Los Angeles.

The jury found the design of the hip implant defective and that the defect caused the 65-year-old man’s injuries.

But it rejected the plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages after finding the company had provided ...