Plaintiff’s counsel introduced the testimony of three individuals through excerpts of their video depositions. To begin, excerpts from Christopher Hunt’s deposition were played for the jury. Mr. Hunt, a young DePuy engineer, testified that rim loading causes massive wear. The wear can be seen on the edge of the acetabular cup or on the femoral head. Mr. Hunt also testified that to achieve an implant angle of 45 degrees, a surgeon would have to put the implant in at less than 45 degrees because of the shape of the DePuy ASR cup. He explained that an increased angle increases rim loading.
Plaintiff’s counsel then introduced the testimony of Dr. Peter Wendt. Dr. Wendt was Mr. Kransky’s implanting surgeon. He testified that he stopped using the ASR eight months before it was recalled because his DePuy sales representative told him that there were problems with the device. DePuy recalled the ASR hip in August 2010.
Excerpts from the deposition of Dr. Jeffrey Hansen, Mr. Kransky’s revision surgeon, were also played for the jury.
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