N.J. Court Wants Proposed Jury Instructions, Questionnaire 2 Weeks Before Oct. 21 DePuy Hip Trial

HACKENSACK, N.J. — New Jersey Superior Court Judge Brian R. Marinotti has ordered counsel for parties in the state’s first scheduled DePuy ASR hip implant trial to submit proposed jury questionnaires, verdict forms and jury instructions by Oct. 7.

That was one of several deadlines included in a July 26 pre-trial order in a case scheduled for trial beginning Oct. 21 in the Bergen County Superior Court, where the New Jersey ASR Hip cases are coordinated before Judge Martinets.

The judge has also ordered counsel for plaintiffs Deborah and Kenneth MacDonald and defendants DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson to …