J&J Agrees to Resolve Most Pinnacle Hip-Device Lawsuits
- Plaintiff’s lawyer says deal ends most artificial-hip cases
- Last month, J&J agreed to pay $120 million to end state claims
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Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care products, has agreed to settle the bulk of consumers’ lawsuits alleging it sold defective artificial hips and misled patients about their dangers, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
“The parties have reached an agreement that hopefully will resolve most, if not all, of the litigation,’’ said attorney Mark Lanier, one of the leaders of the consolidated 10,000-suit litigation against J&J and its DePuy unit, maker of Pinnacle hip-replacement devices. He declined to provide details of the settlement.