In the first setback for Zimmer Holdings Inc. in defending hip implant litigation, a Los Angeles jury has awarded $9.1 million to a man who claimed the company failed to warn about its product’s defects.
The verdict involving the Durom Cup implant, announced on Friday, contrasts with two other trials resulting in defense wins in the past nine months—one in Illinois state court and one in federal court in New Jersey, where about 400 cases are pending in multidistrict litigation.
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