Updated to include a $35 million punitive damages verdict released today. Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard was reportedly hit yesterday with a $33 million verdict in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Avaulta and Align pelvic mesh products. A New Jersey jury in the Bergen County Superior Court awarded $23 million in compensatory […]
Product Liability
Wright Medical, plaintiffs extend deadline for $90m metal-on-metal hip settlement
Balky insurance companies delayed a final settlement between Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) and the plaintiffs in product liability lawsuits brought over its metal-on-metal hip implants, according to a regulatory filing. Last October Wright agreed to an $89.8 million deal resolving any metal-on-metal hip claims not covered by a previous, $240 million settlement. But the new agreement was contingent on a $35 […]
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon loses $35m pelvic mesh lawsuit
An Indiana jury hit Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon with a $35 million verdict in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Prolift pelvic mesh. Barbara Kaiser and her husband Anton Kaiser sued Ethicon in March 2012, after learning that the Prolift mesh her doctor implanted in 2009 to treat her pelvic organ prolapse […]
Zimmer Biomet loses Pa. state appeal in $16m knee implant loss
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) set aside nearly $16 million last year to cover its potential loss in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Gender Solutions knee replacement, after a Pennsylvania state appeals court declined to review the case. Margo Polett’s suit claimed that she re-injured her knees while making a Zimmer promotional video, after a double […]
Appeals court upholds $19m Boston Scientific loss in pelvic mesh case
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has lost another bid as it looked to overturn an $18.5 million loss in a product liability suit over alleged injuries caused by its Obtryx pelvic mesh. A jury in West Virginia federal court in November 2014 found Boston Scientific liable to 4 women following a 10-day trial; the trial judge later ordered the Marlborough, Mass.-based […]
Zimmer Biomet loses bid to cut $16m plaintiff award in knee suit
A Pennsylvania state appeals court last week upheld a lower court’s award of nearly $16 million in damages against Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) in a knee implant lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by Margo Polett claimed that she re-injured her knees while making a Zimmer promotional video, after a double knee replacement procedure in 2006 using the company’s Gender Solutions […]
Report: Justice Dept. closes tampering probe in Johnson & Johnson hip case
The U.S. Justice Dept. reportedly closed its probe into alleged witness tampering in a bellwether trial over the Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants made by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics. In October a federal judge in Texas took the unusual step of asking federal prosecutors and the FBI to probe the possible witness tampering. Mark Lanier, lead attorney […]
Johnson & Johnson lawyers deny tampering allegations in hip case
Lawyers for Johnson & Johnson(NYSE:JNJ) in a bellwether trial over metal-on-metal hip implants made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics yesterday denied witness tampering allegations leveled by the lead plaintiff’s attorney. Last week a federal judge in Texas took the unusual step of asking federal prosecutors and the FBI to probe the possible witness tampering. Mark Lanier, lead attorney […]
Court upholds $27m pelvic mesh verdict against Boston Scientific
A federal appeals court last week upheld a plaintiff’s $27 million win over Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) in a product liability lawsuit brought over its Pinnacle pelvic mesh. A Florida jury in November 2014 found for Amal Eghnayem and three other plaintiffs who alleged that the Pinnacle mesh caused injuries including pain, bleeding and infection. Pelvic mesh implants […]
Tampering allegations in Johnson & Johnson hip case prompt judge to trigger probe
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 (NYSE:JNJ) 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 […]
Supreme Court won’t review $3m pelvic mesh loss for J&J’s Ethicon
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to review a $3 million loss for Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon in a product liability lawsuit brought over its TVT-O pelvic mesh. A jury in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia originally awarded Jo Huskey and her husband damages of $3.3 million, finding in September 2014 that the TVT-O transvaginal sling […]