A serious car crash occurred this afternoon at the Carmel Valley Road offramp on the southbound Interstate 15. According to witnesses, a silver van cut across traffic lanes causing a black Honda to swerve and lose control. The Honda flipped onto its side and crashed into a light pole. Firefighters and paramedics had to cut open […]
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-The Kransky trial continued on Monday, February 25, 2013 with the Defendants calling to the stand Dr. Av Edidin. Mr. Zellers conducted the direct examination and Mr. Kelly cross-examined Dr. Edidin. -Dr. Edidin testified as an expert in the science and engineering of orthopedic medical devices, specifically the kinds of devices that help people get
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The Kransky trial continued wit the testimony of Dr. Thomas Schmalzried. Dr. Schmalzried was a key designer of the ASR and a member of the surgeon design committee. He also received royalties through the sale of the device. Mr. Zellers for the defendants conducted the direct examination and Mike Kelly for the Plaintiff cross-examined Dr.
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Day Seventeen of the Kransky trial against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy over their defective hip implant, the ASR, began with Defendants bringing to the stand expert Cyrus Rangan, M.D.. -Dr. Rangan is a pediatrician, medical toxicologist, and director of the Bureau of Toxicology and Environmental Assessment in Los Angeles. Mr. Calfo conducted the direct
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-Following Plaintiff Bill Kransky’s testimony yesterday, day sixteen of the trial continued with an entire day of video deposition testimony. Excerpts of the following individuals’ videotaped testimony were played: -Paul Berman, Marketing Director J&J -Christopher Hunt -James Anderson -Thomas Trotsky, M.D., Mr. Kransky’s Primary Care Physician -Troy Fiddler, M.D., Mr. Kransky’s Treating Doctor -Jeffrey Hansen,
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– The Kransky trial continued on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Plaintiff’s counsel Brian Panish continued with the direct examination of Fabrizio Billi, Ph.D.. Dr. Billi testified as to the wear and tear of the ASR’s he had examined. Next, Mr. Zellers for the Defendants cross-examined Dr. Billi. – John Gomez from Gomez Iagmin Trial
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Day Fourteen of the Kransky trial continued on with the testimony of Randy Kilburn, the worldwide vice president of marketing for DePuy. Defense counsel Mr. Zellers finished his cross-examination of Mr. Kilburn and Plaintiff’s counsel Mr. Panish conducted a short re-direct. -Plaintiff’s counsel next called to the stand Fabrizio Billi, a Ph.D. from the Orthopedic
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A stifling bureaucracy and inept workforce have crippled Los Angeles County’s child protective agency, resulting in a system that allowed children to remain in unsafe homes, sometimes to die at the hands of their caretakers, according to a confidential county report. The investigation, conducted by an independent counsel for the Board of Supervisors, looked at
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The San Bernardino County coroner’s department has released the names of six people killed in Sunday’s deadly tour bus crash. The dead include Guadalupe Olivas, a 61-year-old from San Diego; Elvira Garcia Jimenez, a 40-year-old from San Diego; Victor Cabrera Garcia, a 13-year-old from San Diego; and Aleida Adriana Arce Hernandez, a 38-year-old from Tijuana, Mexico,
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