Mealey's (January 18, 2017, 12:10 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Five plaintiffs who last year won a $146.2 million judgment against DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. in a consolidated Pinnacle hip bellwether trial on Jan. 6 filed an opposed motion asking the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to consolidate their appeal with that of a $500 million judgment in a subsequent six-plaintiff bellwether trial (In Re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation, Jay Christopher, et al. v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al., No. 16-11051, 5th Cir.)....