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Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Federal lawsuit over Boston Sci pelvic mesh heads to trial

February 17, 2021 By Chris Newmarker Leave a Comment

A federal judge in Arkansas has ruled that most counts in a pelvic mesh lawsuit against Boston Scientific can go to trial. Kortney Cline sued Boston Sci in 2014, claiming that she suffered injuries after implantation with the company’s Obtryx trans-obturator mid-urethral sling in 2009. Cline’s case was recently transferred to federal court in Arkansas […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gynecological, Legal News, News Well, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Boston Scientific, pelvic mesh, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Boston Scientific settles Canadian pelvic mesh case for $21.5m

March 4, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has agreed to settle a transvaginal mesh class action lawsuit brought by women in Canada for $21.5 million, according to a report by the Canadian Press. The proposed settlement involves about 325 women whose share of the money would depend on the severity of their medical issues, the news service reported. Final approval […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News, Product Liability Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

BREAKING: J&J ordered to pay $344m in California pelvic mesh case

January 30, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

A California judge ruled today that Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary must pay $344 million in penalties in a case claiming false and deceptive marketing of its pelvic mesh products for women. The California Department of Justice said it sued Johnson & Johnson in May 2016 after a years-long multistate investigation revealed the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Court tosses J&J’s appeal in $20 million pelvic mesh case

January 15, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

This article has been updated with a comment from Ethicon. An Indiana federal appeals court yesterday upheld a $20 million jury award in a pelvic mesh case against Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Ethicon unit. Despite the “flurry of arguments” in its appeal, the company failed to convince the three-judge panel that it should overturn the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Implants, Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

J&J’s Ethicon defeats all but 4 claims in Kentucky pelvic mesh case

January 10, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed all but four claims in a pelvic mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Ethicon division. Jensesta Cutter had Ethicon’s Prolift pelvic mesh implanted in 2006 and complained to her doctor that year of pelvic pain, soreness and burning, constipation and urine leakage, according to the complaint. In […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gynecological, Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson agrees to $117m pelvic mesh settlement with 41 states, DC

October 18, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) yesterday agreed to pay $117 million to settle charges of deceptive marketing of its pelvic mesh products with 41 states and the District of Columbia. The states and DC alleged that J&J and subsidiary Ethicon broke state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting the safety and effectiveness of its mesh devices, which […]

Filed Under: Featured, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

West Virginia AG sues Johnson & Johnson over pelvic mesh

September 19, 2019 By Brad Perriello

West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey yesterday became the latest state AG to sue Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon over its pelvic mesh products. The newest complaint, filed Sept. 18 in the Monongalia County Circuit Court, alleges that Ethicon’s “unlawful, unfair and deceptive marketing of polypropylene mesh products” concealed the potential risks of pelvic […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

First state AG suit over pelvic mesh heads to trial

July 16, 2019 By Brad Perriello

The first lawsuit filed by a state attorney general, California’s Xavier Becerra, over pelvic mesh products went to trial yesterday in San Diego. The lawsuit alleges that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon concealed the potential risks of pelvic mesh from the public and physicians. It’s the first of several lawsuits brought by state AGs […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson unit loses 9th pelvic mesh case in Philly

July 1, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon last week reportedly lost the ninth of eleven product liability lawsuits brought before a Pennsylvania state court when the jury awarded $500,000 in damages to the plaintiff. In handing down the July 28 verdict for Linda Dunfee and her husband Thomas Dunfee, the jury in the Philadelphia County Court […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Investor lodges class action suit against Boston Scientific over U.S. mesh withdrawal

April 25, 2019 By Brad Perriello

A plaintiff purporting to represent Boston Scientific shareholders sued the company yesterday, alleging that it misled investors about the prospects for its pelvic mesh products ahead of an FDA order to halt all U.S. sales of the devices. Last week the FDA ordered an immediate halt to sales and distribution of Boston’s Uphold Lite and Xenform products; […]

Filed Under: Legal News, Wall Street Beat, Women's Health Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Plaintiff wins $120m in latest pelvic mesh trial against Johnson & Johnson unit

April 25, 2019 By Brad Perriello

A state court jury in Philadelphia reportedly slapped Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon with a $120 million verdict yesterday in a product liability lawsuit brought over one of its pelvic mesh products. The jury in the Pennsylvania Court of Common pleas awarded Susan McFarland $20 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages after […]

Filed Under: Legal News, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

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