Plaintiff Lists 95 Potential Witnesses for 1st Trial in DePuy ASR Hip MDL

TOLEDO, Ohio — Plaintiff Ann McCracken has designated 95 potential witnesses in her upcoming DePuy (NYSE: JNJ) ASR hip trial, including surgeons and implant designers Thomas Vail, M.D., and Thomas P. Schmalzried, M.D.

In a second filing Aug. 12, McCracken asked Judge David A. Katz, who presides over the DePuy ASR coordinated cases, to prevent defendants from referencing the outside charitable endeavors of one of their medical experts, calling it prejudicial.

McCracken, 57, a Rochester, N.Y., resident, received her ASR hip implant on Aug. 24, 2009, and underwent revision surgery on Jan. 17, 2011. Trial in her case, the …