Calif. Defendants Fight Public Disclosure of ASR Co-Designer’s Deposition Testimony

SAN FRANCISCO — Counsel for DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and Thomas P. Schmalzried, M.D., have moved to prevent plaintiffs’ counsel in the coordinated California ASR hip implant litigation from making public challenged portions of Dr. Schmalzried’s deposition testimony. In re DePuy ASR™ Hip System Cases, JCCP No. 4649 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Francisco Cty.).

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer is expected to hear DePuy’s motion Aug. 3.

DePuy and Schmalzried, a co-designer of the ASR implant and a co-defendant in many of the ASR lawsuits, contend that the challenged deposition testimony and related documents are protected by …