DePuy Opposes Increase In Pinnacle Hip MDL Holdback, Warns Of Settlement ‘Hijack’

(December 4, 2018, 2:03 PM EST) -- DALLAS — DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. on Nov. 30 told the Pinnacle hip multidistrict litigation it opposes the Plaintiff Executive Committee’s (PEC) request to increase the 10 percent holdback from recent case inventory settlements, saying the PEC is attempting to “hijack and disrupt these settlements just to enrich its members at the expense of the rest of the MDL lawyers” (In Re:  DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2244, No. 11-2244, N.D. Texas, Dallas Div.)....

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