Los Angeles, Calif (PRWEB) February 27, 2013
As
the nation’s first DePuy ASR trial—of potentially thousands—nears its
end, an expert for Johnson & Johnson, the company whose subsidiary
made the now-recalled ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system,
testified that it was the plaintiff’s various health problems and not
his since-removed ASR hip implant that caused him metal poisoning and
infection.* The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents clients in
lawsuits related to the recall, is closely following the trial and
maintains a website on cases at http://www.depuyrecallnewscenter.com.
Gonzalo
Ballon-Landa, a doctor of infectious diseases, testified on Feb. 26
during the trial of In re: Loren Kransky and Sheryl Kransky v. DePuy,
Inc., et al. (BC456086, Los Angeles Superior Court) that Loren Kransky,
65, of South Dakota, acquired an infection through a port used to
administer chemotherapy drugs for his kidney cancer, and not from the
hip implant, which he received in December 2007 and had removed in
February 2012, according to Bloomberg. In addition, DePuy’s counsel
alleged that Kransky’s health problems, which include diabetes, high
blood pressure and cholesterol, strokes and the cancer, combined with
the angle at which a surgeon implanted the ASR, is what caused infection
and metal poisoning.
Read full story at PRWeb.com: DePuy Recall News: J&J Expert Alleges Plaintiff’s Pre-existing Conditions—Not the ASR Hip Implant—Caused Metal Poisoning
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