J&J gambled on hip implant safety, lawyer alleges
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Johnson & Johnson 'knew this hip was defective' but failed to warn patients, a plaintiff's attorney says. The company said it acted properly and 'put patients above money.'Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson played "Russian roulette" with patient safety by ignoring high failure rates and surgeons' complaints about its once-popular artificial hip, a Los Angeles jury was told during closing arguments at a high-stakes medical trial for the company.