ASR Implant Plaintiffs Want Johnson & Johnson CEO Gorsky to Testify

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Maryland plaintiffs alleging defects in their DePuy ASR hip implants have moved to compel testimony from Alex Gorsky, Johnson & Johnson’s chief executive officer, saying he was “personally involved” in ASR decision-making prior to its 2010 recall.

Moira Jackson and her co-plaintiffs say in their Aug. 17 Motion to Compel that they have been rebuffed in requesting deposition testimony from Gorsky and note that an Oct. 30 discovery deadline is looming.

The plaintiffs ask that the Prince George’s County (Md.) Circuit Court order Gorsky to appear for deposition at a location in Iselin, N.J., near …