UPDATED 18:27 PM EST, January 25, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California jury heard opening statements Friday from attorneys in a lawsuit over whether a now-withdrawn hip replacement device from medical giant Johnson & Johnson subsidiary was defective.
The lawsuit in Los Angeles claims the New Brunswick, N.J.-based company knowingly marketed the faulty hip implant, leaving thousands of people with crippling problems or needing replacement surgeries.
