Dr. Croston: A Case Study

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Specifically, Dr. Croston is of the opinion that EES’s written instructions for the TX stapler should have·instructed surgeons to check the integrity of the staple line before cutting in all alimentary tract applications. See Croston Dep. 149:18–150:1, Oct. 8, 2015. Dr. Croston further opines that the TX stapler used during Plaintiff’s surgery was defective due to a manufacturing defect. See id. at 69:13–17. As more fully set forth below, Dr. Croston is not qualified to render expert opinions on the subject of warnings as he has no experience in preparing warnings, cautions, or IFUs for medical devices. Dr. Croston is also not qualified to render expert opinions on the subject of whether the TX stapler had a manufacturing defect because