After the cancellations of four scheduled trials, the hearing for the first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit has finally commenced in Los Angeles early this year. The plaintiff in this case is Loren Kransky, a former corrections officer, who was implanted with an ASR hip system for his chronic joint disease.
Opening statements were made on January 25, 2013 and the prosecution did not waste any time presenting documents which may be very damaging to the defense. Lawyers for the complainant intimated that the device was flawed from the start and was not subjected to rigid testing. It further hinted that officials of Johnson & Johnson were well aware of an internal report which revealed that the ASR hip systems had design defects.
It was alleged that instead of pursuing plans to rectify the design flaws, officials decided to use other tests and standards. According to the lawyer of Kransky, “They changed the test and tested it against other things until they found one it could beat.”
Read More: Trial Update:J&J Execs Knew About ASR Design Flaw, Did Nothing
Opening statements were made on January 25, 2013 and the prosecution did not waste any time presenting documents which may be very damaging to the defense. Lawyers for the complainant intimated that the device was flawed from the start and was not subjected to rigid testing. It further hinted that officials of Johnson & Johnson were well aware of an internal report which revealed that the ASR hip systems had design defects.
It was alleged that instead of pursuing plans to rectify the design flaws, officials decided to use other tests and standards. According to the lawyer of Kransky, “They changed the test and tested it against other things until they found one it could beat.”
Read More: Trial Update:J&J Execs Knew About ASR Design Flaw, Did Nothing
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