UPDATE 1-Johnson & Johnson hit with over $1 bln verdict on hip implants
December 01, 2016 at 17:55 PM EST
Dec 1 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Dallas on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to six plaintiffs who said they were injured by Pinnacle hip implants, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said.