Transvaginal Mesh Problems

05/12/2017

https://harrismartin.com/article/22277/boston-scientific-prevails-on-appeal-on-warning-claim-in-transvaginal-mesh-case/

BALTIMORE — A federal appellate court has upheld an award of summary judgment to Boston Scientific Corp. on a failure to warn claim in a transvaginal mesh action, finding the plaintiff failed to provide evidence that her implanting physician was inadequately warned of the risks. In a May 9 opinion,…

05/12/2017

https://www.law360.com/articles/916094/j-j-opens-4th-pelvic-mesh-trial-in-philadelphia

Attorneys litigating against Johnson & Johnson in Pennsylvania state court over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants manufactured by the company look to keep a winning streak going as the fourth trial in Philadelphia’s mass tort program opened Monday. 

05/12/2017

https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/litigation/b/newsheadlines/archive/2017/05/08/boston-scientific-looks-to-dodge-mo-pelvic-mesh-cases.aspx?Redirected=true

Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday sought to avoid claims brought by more than 75 women in 33 different states alleging they were harmed by faulty pelvic mesh products, saying that a Missouri federal court doesn’t have jurisdiction since most of...

05/12/2017

http://www.massdevice.com/appeals-court-upholds-boston-scientific-win-pelvic-mesh-case/

A federal appeals court yesterday upheld a win for Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Uphold pelvic mesh. Plaintiff Martha Carlson alleged that her injuries were caused by the Uphold product after its implantation in 2010 in a Charlotte hospital. But the U.S...

05/08/2017

http://www.nj.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2017/04/massive_jj_pelvic_mesh_lawsuit_gets_autumn_court_d.html

Thousands of women around the country await the results of an upcoming lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries they blame on the company's surgical mesh.

03/09/2017

http://www.massdevice.com/court-clears-calderas-12-3m-transvaginal-mesh-settlement/

A California federal judge last week approved a $12.3 million deal to settle a number of insurance claims over injuries allegedly caused by Caldera Medical’s transvaginal mesh. Caldera’s insurer, Federal Insurance Co., will distribute $10.6 million to over 2,700 class members, as well as a $670,020…

02/15/2017

http://valawyersweekly.com/2017/02/13/court-upholds-3m-pelvic-mesh-award/

02/09/2017

https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/mealeys/b/newsheadlines/archive/2017/01/27/mealey-39-s-pi-product-liability-4th-circuit-affirms-3-27m-ethicon-pelvic-mesh-verdict-evidence-sufficient.aspx?Redirected=true

RICHMOND, Va. - The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 26 affirmed a $3.27 million verdict in the second Ethicon pelvic mesh bellwether trial, finding that the plaintiffs offered sufficient evidence to support the verdict and that the trial...

02/09/2017

https://harrismartin.com/article/21838/4th-cir-upholds-327-million-verdict-in-ethicon-gynecare-tvt-o-transvaginal-mesh-action/

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A federal appeals court has upheld a $3.27 million verdict awarded to a couple in an Ethicon Gynecare TVT Obturator transvaginal mesh action, agreeing with the jury and the trial court that the device was defectively designed. On Jan. 26, the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals fo...

02/09/2017

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/02/prweb14027069.htm

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 31, 2017 -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a $3.27 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon

01/30/2017

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/new-jersey-court-upholds-11-million-verdict-in-states-first-pelvic-mesh-case-121616.html

Pelvic mesh, or trans-vaginal mesh, the controversial medical device made famous by those late-night infomercials that personal injury attorneys use to see

01/20/2017

https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/transvaginal-mesh-tvt-sling/transvaginal-mesh-lawsuit-22006.html

Following the refusal of a Pennsylvania state judge to strike down a $13.7 million transvaginal mesh lawsuit verdict, defendant Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon unit immediately signaled they would appeal the award to the state Supreme Court, in spite of the judge’s admonitions that the plaintiff’s...