Aired May 26, 2014 and the full video is available online.
The web page also has numerous documents about the world wide recall.
The extent of the apparent cover-up is breathtaking. It began when respected surgeons worldwide reported problems with the implant to the company. Instead of listening to their warnings, the company told each doctor they were the only ones having a problem. Isolated and confused by what was happening, the doctors were in effect being told they had caused the malfunction. The company refused to employ a toxicologist to assess the alleged problems. When evidence suggesting the hip implant was doing damage continued to mount, the company ignored it, instead responding by boosting its marketing campaign.
Finally, it took a Vietnam War veteran to expose the company’s behaviour. After his hip replacement went wrong, Bill Kransky took Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy to court in the US. Suffering from cancer, he lived long enough to win his case and a major compensation payout to provide for his family.
Attorney Dean Goetz and John Gomez were Mr. Kransky’s attorneys. Read about Mr. Kransky’s heroic fight to have his day in court, as written by Dean, “We Are The Kransky Lawyers”