Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Division, Boston Scientific Corp, C.R. Bard and four other transvaginal mesh makers are now facing one of the biggest U.S. mass torts in history, and U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin is urging them to resolve the more than 70,000 lawsuits filed against them.
Women Injured by Transvaginal Mesh Speak at J&J Shareholder Meeting
Transvaginal mesh has been used in countless surgeries to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP), but in many cases it has led to further damage, serious complications and the need for even more surgeries.
J&J Ordered to Pay Woman $1.2 Million for Defective Transvaginal Mesh
Johnson & Johnson was recently ordered to pay a woman for pain caused by its transvaginal mesh device.
J&J Lost Vaginal Mesh Documents Important to Ongoing Litigation
Attorneys for women claiming to have been injured by vaginal mesh implants created by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division said in a recent 26-page court filing that employees at the company destroyed or misplaced documents crucial to the cases, despite instructions from company executives to preserve them, Bloomberg reported.
J&J Sold Vaginal Mesh Implants Before Receiving FDA Approval
Thousands of women filed lawsuits against transvaginal mesh manufacturers, claiming they suffered serious health problems from the implants.
Risperdal Manufacturers Docked Again For Failure-to-Warn
A trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas reached another verdict on a case concerning Johnson & Johnson’s drug Risperdal on Friday, March 20, ruling that while the company failed to adequately warn about a major side effect, it would not award damages to plaintiff William Cirba.
Another TVM Suit Won Against Ethicon Mesh Products
The Ethicon Inc. division of Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $5.7 million over transvaginal mesh injuries caused by one of their devices just this month.
Vaginal Mesh Plaintiff Received $3.27 Million in MDL Case
Jo Huskey was one of the plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, and she was one of the 33,000 women who filed a transvaginal mesh lawsuit against manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon.
Transvaginal Mesh Manufacturers Know Devices are Dangerous
Lawsuits against manufacturers of transvaginal mesh devices such as Johnson & Johnson and Endo International have been making headlines lately for the ongoing cases and settlements with thousands of women who filed suits after suffering serious and often life-threatening complications due to transvaginal mesh.
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