In a Friday verdict, an Ohio jury decided Becton, Dickinson, which acquired Bard 5 years ago, must pay a hernia mesh injured man $255k. Punitive damages were not awarded.
After many delays, there are two March trials scheduled for patients of hernia and pelvic mesh. They will be closely watched by the industry and plaintiff bringing many more cases ahead.
There has been another delay in a scheduled series of product liability trials naming the defendant, Bard.
Polypropylene is the polymer material that make up the majority of hernia and pelvic meshes even though there are known problems with the material.
The second in a series of defective product lawsuits naming Bard hernia mesh is set for early 2022.
In the bellwether hernia mesh trial of Steven Johns, jurors delivered a victory for Bard after a five-week trial.
After more than a year delay, courts are opening and the first hernia mesh trial naming defendant Bard will begin with jury selection on August 2.
BJ Fendler worked in the insurance industry for decades as an actuary until a resorbable hernia mesh implant impacted her life drastically. This is her story in her own words.
Why have hernia surgeries with mesh become the most common repair for 95 percent of procedures? Dr. William Brown weighs in on this Hernia Mesh Insights podcast.
The first hernia mesh trial in this new year against Davol settled for an unknown amount on the eve of trial. Thousands more polypropylene hernia mesh cases are waiting to be heard in four venues.
Hernia mesh trials have not moved forward because of COVID and closed courtrooms. Optimistically, those will begin with bellwether trials in the new year.
All Thomas Wolowitz wanted was to ask questions and get answers. Instead, he ended up in the system of hernia mesh complication hell.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 2020~ Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and hernia mesh expert. He has been living with his own hernia ...
New Zealand has just released a report seven months in the making that acknowledges the severity of polypropylene pelvic mesh implants routinely implanted to treat incontinence and prolapse.
The business model for Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon Inc. medical device subdivision appears to be - push ahead and pay a fine if caught. J&J must pay $117 M for deceptive marketing of its mesh.
Reactions are coming in reacting to the sudden death of surgeon, researcher, and tireless patient advocate, Dr. Robert Bendavid, MD.
It is the smallest jury compensation so far, in a number of pelvic mesh personal injury trials, but on Friday June 28, 2019, Linda and Thomas Dunfee were successful in her pelvic mesh case against J&J
How well were you represented in your personal injury case against mesh makers? Some plaintiffs allege, not very well.
Bruce is a patient advocate who receives thousands of inquiries from hernia mesh injured patients, though he is not a doctor or lawyer, just a mesh patient himself.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 1, 2019 ~ May first is the Worldwide Mesh Awareness Day, a term coined by the Mesh Awareness Movement, though recog…
Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and a hernia mesh injured patient who has turned his life work as a social worker to directing mesh-injured patients to the appropriate caregiver.
Vladae Roytapel is known as the, Russian Dog Wizard, from Newport Beach, California. Voted Best Dog Trainer in his area for many years, he was at a loss as to how to address his hernia.
What facility did Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) choose when he had to have a hernia operation? Hint- It's not in the U.S.
Dr. Shirin Towfigh is a hernia mesh doctor in Beverly Hills, CA. Mesh News Desk is preparing a series of stories on hernia mesh as litigation begins to focus on this medical device
Prolift, from Sumsuro, Japan Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 1, 2017 ~ The jury form in the Sharon Beltz v. Ethicon case shows mixed success in t...
Even though the Food and Drug Administration began taking in mesh-related complaints in early 2000, nine years later the agency decided mesh to treat prolapse is not safe or effective and banned it.
MND September 17,2015 ~ Huffington Post has collaborated with attorney and reporter Steven Brill to produce a 15-chapter expose on Johnson & Johnson....
Another story by Scottish reporter Marion Scott finds that a government probe into mesh implants is allegedly under the heavy influence of indus...
