Lawyers for five plaintiffs who saw a $502 million jury verdict cut to $150 million last year are challenging the Texas law that caps punitive damages, saying it unconstitutionally discriminates against the old and the poor.
The constitutional challenge comes as Johnson & Johnson is hoping to convince the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse the nine-figure verdict in a trial over its Pinnacle hip implants.
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