A federal judge in Minnesota granted summary judgment to Coloplast in a lawsuit over the company’s transvaginal mesh. Angela Dawn Cantrell received the Restorelle L mesh implant as part of surgery to correct vaginal prolapse in January 2018. Cantrell continued to experience pain and pelvic floor dysfunction after the surgery and underwent additional surgeries. In […]
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Boston Scientific settles host of state pelvic mesh lawsuits for nearly $189M
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has agreed to pay $188.6 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia to resolve claims that it deceptively marketed transvaginal surgical mesh devices, state AGs announced today. Pelvic mesh products have been one of the medical device industry’s worst failures so far in the 21st century. First cleared nearly two […]
Report: N.J. and Texas law firms accused of charging excessive fees in pelvic mesh cases
Several law firms in New Jersey and Texas are accused of legal malpractice and charging excessive fees in transvaginal mesh cases, according to a report in the New Jersey Law Journal. The class action lawsuit, filed in Bergen County, N.J., claims that the Nagel Rice law firm (Roseland, N.J.) and the Potts Law Firm (Houston, […]