The pace of claims filed has slowed in the hip replacement device multidistrict litigation in Dallas federal court since a jury in the first bellwether trial one year ago issued a take-nothing verdict for defendants Depuy Orthopedics Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
According to court records on PACER, the numbers of filed cases dropped to 208 in the month following the Oct. 23 verdict, compared with 255 in the month before the verdict. In the 12 months before the verdict, plaintiffs filed on average 329 cases per month.
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