Jul 292010
Women Win Millions in Suit against Texas-Based Firm over Faulty Hip Implants.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2001
By Amy Schatz, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 31–A Corpus Christi jury awarded more than $15 million Thursday to three elderly Texas women who received faulty hip implants manufactured by Austin-based Sulzer Orthopedics Inc.
It is the first verdict against Sulzer, which faces more than 1,200 lawsuits from patients who received hip and knee implants coated with oil that prevented them from bonding properly. The jury awarded about $4.5 million in actual damages and $11 million in punitive damages
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