Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 5, 2019 ~ In this latest order from Judge Goodwin, more than 3-thousand woman have been removed from the inactive docket in the pelvic mesh MDL and put on the active docket, ready for trial or settlement. This [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 23, 2019~ Trial was supposed to begin Monday morning as Washington State sued Johnson & Johnson over failing to warn women about pelvic mesh complications. At the eleventh hour it settled. Now three more states will take their turn in upcoming lawsuits against J&J [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 15, 2019 ~ Charging violations of its consumer protection laws, Washington State's trial is set to begin in one week. California's case will be heard in July. The healthcare giant is on the hook for millions of dollars in consumer injuries. A trial is [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, February 22, 2019 ~ Have you received a pelvic mesh settlement? Are you about to? Please understand there is a fee involved that you may not have to fully pay. Common Benefit Fee (CBF) A lawyer recently told me: “I wanted to make sure that you [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 30, 2019~ Bard Hernia Cases Moving Forward, Using the lessons of TVM. Bard MDL 2846 (2:18-md-02846) has formed in the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, and is reported to be user-friendly for the law firms involved in this multidistrict litigation (MDL). These product liability [...]
After a lengthy jury selection, the case of Suzanne M. Emmett from Lancaster Pennsylvania finally got underway December 3rd. The case blames Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon medical device division for making a defective device that injured Ms. Emmett. **UPDATE* After seven days the case adjourned to be reconvened [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 4, 2018~ As regular readers of Mesh News Desk understand, and as you've experienced in your own litigation, lawyers representing the injured have, in many cases, ended up with more money than the injured! This is all too common an occurrence. Ultimately, you will [...]
Alex Gorsky, CEO J & J Mesh Medical Device News Desk, November 1, 2018 ~ Alex Gorsky is the CEO of Johnson & Johnson, In his rosy assessment to analysts he insisted its baby powder talc is safe. Now a lawyer wants to sit him down to ask how [...]
TVT and TVT-O, surology.com Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 24, 2018- After four days of deliberation, jurors in the trasnsvaginal mesh case of Susan McFarland v. healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon) ended in a deadlocked jury. Judge Michael Erdos had no option but to call for [...]
Prolift, from Sumsuro, Japan Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 5, 2018 ~ The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has been a problem venue for Johnson & Johnson in its pelvic mesh litigation. So far, the device maker has won just one pelvic mesh product liability case with [...]
