Alan Warner, et al. v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.

Summary

Jury trial in product liability suit alleging that laser etchings made on the Profemur R hip implant caused it to become brittle and break. This is the first Wright hip implant case to go to trial anywhere in the country.

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Outcome

Past and future pain and suffering: $4 million
Loss of consortium: $500,000
Total damages awarded: $4.5 million

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Warner, Alan
Defense: Wright Medical Technology Inc.
Verdict: $4,500,000

Judge: Michael Harwin
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Los Angeles
Court: Van Nuys Courthouse East

Case Number: BC475958
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Warner, Alan

Represented By:
Vartazarian, Steve (The Vartazarian Law Firm)
McLaughlin, George (Warshauer-McLaughlin Law Group PC)

Defense

Wright Medical Technology Inc.

Represented By:
Van Dyke, David (Howard & Howard)
Kell, Michael (Howard & Howard)
Banach, Micaela (Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

PM Session

Openings

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Opening Statement	Vartazarian, Steve
		01:27:32	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Van Dyke, David
00:45:08	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
01:13:03	Break
01:38:37	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:16:38	Witness Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:33:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:36:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:37:59	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:38:43	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:41:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Penenberg, Dr. Brad M.D.	In Person
02:42:09	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Stachniw, Dr. Myron M.D.	In Person
00:13:17	Break
00:36:08	General Case Activities
00:37:00	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Stachniw, Dr. Myron M.D.	In Person
01:17:47	Witness Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Stachniw, Dr. Myron M.D.	In Person
01:42:27	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Stachniw, Dr. Myron M.D.	In Person
01:51:57	Witness Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Ayers, Dr. Reed Ph.D.	In Person
02:49:56	End of Session

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Ayers, Dr. Reed Ph.D.	In Person
00:46:33	Witness Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Ayers, Dr. Reed Ph.D.	In Person
01:13:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Ayers, Dr. Reed Ph.D.	In Person
01:24:22	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Ayers, Dr. Reed Ph.D.	In Person
01:25:32	Break
01:49:09	Witness Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Truman, Mari	In Person
02:39:58	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Truman, Mari	In Person
00:07:55	Witness Cross Examination	Kell, Michael	Truman, Mari	In Person
01:23:10	Break
01:42:32	Witness Cross Examination	Kell, Michael	Truman, Mari	In Person
02:14:24	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Truman, Mari	In Person
02:47:49	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Truman, Mari	In Person
00:27:03	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Kell, Michael	Truman, Mari	In Person
00:37:33	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McLaughlin, George	Truman, Mari	In Person
00:41:43	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Mulrennan, Lisa	Video Recording
01:02:58	Break
01:24:55	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Daurer, Deborah	In Person
02:32:54	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Daurer, Deborah	In Person
00:16:43	Witness Cross Examination	Van Dyke, David	Daurer, Deborah	In Person
00:22:59	Witness Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Long, Dr. William M.D.	Video Recording
01:09:19	Break
01:34:05	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Warner, Patricia	In Person
02:41:07	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:40	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Warner, Patricia	In Person
00:06:35	Witness Cross Examination	Banach, Micaela	Warner, Patricia	In Person
00:28:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Warner, Patricia	In Person
00:34:37	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Warner, Alan	In Person
01:03:30	Break
01:29:50	Witness Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Warner, Alan	In Person
01:36:15	Witness Cross Examination	Kell, Michael	Warner, Alan	In Person
02:18:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Warner, Alan	In Person
02:28:25	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:12	Witness Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	McDaniel, Christopher	In Person
00:40:06	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	McDaniel, Christopher	In Person
01:09:10	Break
01:27:27	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	McDaniel, Christopher	In Person
02:04:56	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	McDaniel, Christopher	In Person
00:41:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	McDaniel, Christopher	In Person
01:00:25	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	McDaniel, Christopher	In Person
01:03:47	Break
01:27:17	Witness Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Windsor, Dr. Russell M.D.	In Person
02:27:41	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Windsor, Dr. Russell M.D.	In Person
00:20:30	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Windsor, Dr. Russell M.D.	In Person
01:06:11	Break
01:25:50	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Windsor, Dr. Russell M.D.	In Person
01:40:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Windsor, Dr. Russell M.D.	In Person
01:47:52	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Timmerman, Irina	In Person
01:08:55	Break
01:34:05	Witness Cross Examination	McLaughlin, George	Timmerman, Irina	In Person
02:45:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Timmerman, Irina	In Person
02:51:05	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Timmerman, Irina	In Person
00:03:12	Witness Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	James, Dr. Brad Ph.D.	In Person
01:15:49	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	James, Dr. Brad Ph.D.	In Person
00:59:22	Break
01:19:35	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	James, Dr. Brad Ph.D.	In Person
02:16:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	James, Dr. Brad Ph.D.	In Person
02:20:43	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Van Dyke, David	Redden, Janine	In Person
00:35:01	Witness Cross Examination	McLaughlin, George	Redden, Janine	In Person
00:55:31	Witness Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
01:22:11	Break
01:50:03	General Case Activities
01:51:53	End of Session

JUN

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
00:10:30	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
00:22:18	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
00:49:10	Break
01:20:15	Witness Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
01:38:06	Witness Cross Examination	Vartazarian, Steve	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
02:30:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kell, Michael	Ochoa, Dr. Jorge Ph.D.	In Person
02:36:01	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

2 Chapters

JUN

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

JUN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Alan Warner, et al. v. Wright Medical Technology Inc.

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Closing Statement	Vartazarian, Steve
01:05:18	Break
01:24:35	Closing Statement	Kell, Michael
02:22:45	Closing Statement	McLaughlin, George
03:01:20	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:14:57	General Case Activities
		00:16:44	End of Session