DALLAS — A Texas federal jury has awarded just under $500 million total to five separate plaintiffs at the conclusion of a consolidated trial involving allegedly defective Pinnacle Hip Implants manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson, HarrisMartin Publishing is reporting.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas jury reached the verdict on March 17 after hearing 37 days of testimony, sources said. The jury received the case late in the afternoon on March 10 and deliberated for four more days before reaching the verdict.