Bloomberg News reports Johnson & Johnson has been
accused of putting profits before safety by ignoring reports that its
metal-on-metal version of its Pinnacle hip implants “failed at alarming rates,”
according to a lawyer’s comments in closing arguments today in Dallas Federal
court. The article notes that J&J’s DePuy unit ignored the implants “had
design flaws that prompted them to break down and then misled doctors about the
implants’ failure rates to protect sales,” citing Mark Lanier, an attorney “for
a Montana woman who sued after complications forced her to have the device
removed.” The Pinnacle cases “have been consolidated” before US District Judge
Ed Kinkeade “for pretrial information exchanges.”
If you have experienced complications with any type of hip
implants, contact Chhabra & Gibbs by going to our website at
http://www.cglawms.com or calling
601-948-8005.
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