Mark Lanier, a lead attorney for the plaintiffs in one of six cases being tried raised the tampering issue during an Oct. 16 hearing.
A federal judge in Texas this week took the unusual step of asking federal prosecutors and the FBI to probe possible witness tampering by lawyers for Johnson & Johnson in a bellwether trial over metal-on-metal hip implants made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics.
Mark Lanier, lead attorney for the plaintiffs in one of six cases being tried in the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas bellwether before Judge Ed Kinkeade, raised the tampering issue during an Oct. 16 hearing based on a conversation between a DePuy sales rep and a surgeon who’s a witness in the case.
Dr. David Stein filed an affidavit Oct. 15 documenting a conversation with Glen Swajger held ostensibly to discuss “a procedure requiring [Swajger’s] involvement.”
based on a conversation between a DePuy sales rep and a surgeon who’s a witness in the case.
Dr. David Stein filed an affidavit Oct. 15 documenting a conversation with Glen Swajger held ostensibly to discuss “a procedure requiring [Swajger’s] involvement.”
