Lawyer Denies Witness Tampering in Hip Implant Trial
A lawyer for DePuy Orthopaedics filed a motion saying she "at no time" asked a sales rep to communicate with a doctor who was scheduled to testify at a high-stakes hip implant trial.
October 24, 2017 at 04:42 PM
5 minute read
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.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Trending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 2Wine, Dine and Grind (Through the Weekend): Summer Associates Thirst For Experience in 'Real Matters'
- 3'Fire All the Bullets Now': EEOC Enforcements Surge
- 4'I'm Staying Everything': Texas Bankruptcy Judge Halts Talc Trials Against J&J
- 5Suspect in Courthouse Bombing Was Targeting Judge, Deputies, Say Prosecutors
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250