Plaintiff\u2019s counsel payed video excerpts of the deposition of Mr. Andrew Ekdahl, the now president of DePuy. \u00a0During the course of of the ASR\u2019s lifetime, Mr. Ekdahl was a top marketing executive within the company. \u00a0 He testified that the ASR was recalled because it did not meet clinical standards.\u00a0 When asked whether the product was recalled because it was unsafe, Ekdahl testified the device was recalled because it did not meet clinical standards.\u00a0 When asked whether he thought the ASR was unsafe, he testified the device was recalled because it did not meet clinical standards.\u00a0 When asked whether he thought the ASR was hurting too many people, he testified the device was recalled because it did not meet clinical standards.<\/p>\n
Ekdahl then \u00a0testified that it\u2019s his position that \u201cpatient safety should not be related to sales concerns.\u201d\u00a0 He said that has always been his position and that he has instilled that notion in all of the people working at DePuy as long as he has worked there.<\/p>\n
Please see the link below discussing the testimony of Mr. Ekdahl:<\/strong><\/p>\n J&J\u2019s Ekdahl Says Hips Recalled Because of Clinical Needs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n During Trial, New Details Emerge About Hip Maker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plaintiff\u2019s counsel payed video excerpts of the deposition of Mr. Andrew Ekdahl, the now president of DePuy. \u00a0During the course of of the ASR\u2019s lifetime, Mr. Ekdahl was a top marketing executive within the company. \u00a0 He testified that the ASR was recalled because it did not meet clinical standards.\u00a0 When asked whether the product … Continue reading “Kransky v. DePuy Trial \u2013 Day Four 1\/30\/13”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depuy-trial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandiegopersonalinjuryattorney.pro\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}