(September 1, 2017, 10:01 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A divided three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 31 denied DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and Johnson & Johnson’s request for mandamus relief that would halt an upcoming bellwether trial over the companies’ Pinnacle hip prosthesis, finding that a pending appeal is an adequate remedy for a dispute over personal jurisdiction (In Re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al., No. 17-10812, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16809)....