A lawyer for DePuy Orthopaedics, the defendant in a bellwether hip implant trial in Dallas, said in a motion filed Tuesday that said she did not ask a DePuy sales representative to “do anything or communicate” with a doctor who filed an affidavit suggesting witness tampering.

In the motion, filed by Drinker, Biddle & Reath associate Jennifer Brennan and partner Michael Zogby, the DePuy attorneys allege that Brennan made several calls to sales rep Glenn Swajger on Oct. 12 and 13 but she never asked him to do anything other than make himself available for a conference call with the trial team Oct. 13.

“She certainly did not tell Mr. Swajger to do anything or to communicate with Dr. [David] Shein. She merely explained that the trial team wanted to visit with him, explained why, and worked through the timing of such call given Mr. Swajger's busy schedule,” Brennan and Zogby allege in their motion “requesting logistics for the inquiry” related to Dr. Shine.