Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon last week appealed a $3.3 million loss in a product liability lawsuit brought over its TVT-O pelvic mesh. Last month a federal judge shot down Ethicon’s bid to overturn the verdict and denied the company’s move for a new trial. A jury in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia awarded Jo Huskey […]
Plaintiff with murder conviction drops pelvic mesh lawsuit against Boston Scientific
The plaintiff in a pelvic mesh lawsuit, who wanted evidence of her murder conviction kept out of her case against Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), dropped the suit last week. Ramona Winebarger, who in 1995 pleaded guilty to murder in the death of her 1st husband and the shooting of another man, withdrew her suit Sept. 17, according to court documents. Winebarger […]
Boston Scientific looks to block pelvic mesh plaintiff’s bid to exclude murder conviction
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) wants a federal judge to allow evidence of a pelvic mesh plaintiff’s murder conviction, arguing its relevance to her claims that its Uphold device affected her mental health. Ramona Winebarger in 1995 pleaded guilty to murder in the death of her 1st husband and the shooting of another man. Sentenced to 35 years, she served […]
Business groups call for probe of medical funding in pelvic mesh cases
(Reuters) — Two business lobbying groups this week called on the Consumer Financial Protection Board to investigate the medical funding industry, after a Reuters investigation revealed that private investors are funding operations for women who have sued makers of pelvic mesh implants. The American Tort Reform Assn. and DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar told Reuters this week that […]
No retrial for Ethicon in $3m pelvic mesh loss
A federal judge today shot down a bid by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon to overturn a $3.3 million judgment in a pelvic mesh product liability lawsuit and denied the company’s move for a new trial. A jury in the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia awarded Jo Huskey and her husband damages of […]
Investors profit by funding surgery for desperate pelvic mesh patients
(Reuters) — In July 2013, California urogynecologist Andrew Cassidenti received an email from an entrepreneur named Otto Fisher, who had a proposition. Fisher was looking for surgeons to perform operations to remove pelvic mesh implants from women. Intrigued, Cassidenti responded. In a phone call, Fisher said he needed doctors to operate at outpatient centers in California […]
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