A federal judge in Atlanta has reduced a verdict in a bellwether hip implant product liability case from $11 million to $2.1 million, lopping off nearly $9 million in punitive damages.
But U.S. District Court Judge William Duffey Jr. rejected a motion by defendant Wright Medical Technology Inc. to set the verdict aside and either order a new trial or find in Wright’s favor as a matter of law. In a 100-page ruling issued April 5, Duffey defended decisions he made during the trial in November—sending an “inconsistent” original verdict back to the jury for additional deliberation, and later removing a juror whom other jurors had complained was refusing to deliberate.
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