Calif. Jury Orders J&J To Pay $8.3M Over Faulty Hip Implant

On Friday, a California Superior Court jury in Los Angeles County declared that Johnson & Johnson acted negligently by selling a defective artificial hip and ordered the company to pay $8.3 million in damages to a recipient of the implant. The verdict is the first ruling out of more than 10,000 lawsuits filed against the company over the implant.

• "Johnson & Johnson Ordered To Pay in Suit Over Artificial Hip" (Terhune, Los Angeles Times, 3/8).
• "Jury Awards $8.3 Million Over J&J Hip Implants" (Loftus, Wall Street Journal, 3/8).
• "J&J Loses First Case Over Faulty Hip Implant" (Meier, New York Times, 3/8).