A federal jury in Dallas ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $1 billion in a lawsuit over Pinnacle hip replacements, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

The jury found that officials at the DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit didn't properly warn doctors and patients about flaws in the artificial hips, Bloomberg reported.

Full story at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/j-j-ordered-to-pay-more-than-1-billion-for-pinnacle-hip-device

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