J&J faces over $1 bn penalty over faulty hip implants
A US federal jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay over $1 billion to patients who claimed they were injured by its Pinnacle hip implants. Officials knew the devices were defective, but failed to warn customers about the risk, it stated. Notably, the firms have been hit with nearly 8,400 lawsuits over the devices.