Tina Burris, implanted with two transvaginal meshes made by Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon) will have her defective product day in a Toledo, Ohio courtroom beginning in July.
J.S. will finally have her day in a Dallas Court in February. Her Abbrevo implant allegedly caused her nerve injury and pain. The doctor is accused of medical malpractice based on negligence.
Why is the leading urogynecology organization saying that SUI mesh is not a problem where there have been thousands of defective product lawsuits?
Real Housewife, Erika Jayne Girardi, gave the green light to release 52 transvaginal mesh cases to be handled by other firms after Girardi Keese was forced into bankruptcy proceedings.
Jan Urban has been reaching out online to other mesh-injured women for a decade trying to raise awareness about mesh injuries.
As part of a series, Mesh News Desk interviews doctors who are dealing with mesh complications. This month it is Miklos & Moore from the Atlanta area.
Thanks to Courtroom View Network for allowing Mesh News Desk (MND) to observe the proceedings in the Perry v Ethicon case. No quotations or images may b…
The TVT-Abbrevo, used to treat stress urinary incontinence is the focus of the Perry v. Ethicon product liability trial in Bakersfield, CA. Ultimately Perry was successful against the healthcare giant
In this second day of a federal product liability trial of four women implanted with the Pinnacle Pelvic Mesh Kit, polypropylene (PP) was on the stand. This is a continuation of the MDL cases.
Editor of MND, Jane Akre, offers this coverage as a service to the thousands of women who are mesh-injured and want information on the proceedings, in this case, the first mesh trial for TVT.
It was a big news day in Charleston, West Virginia but not for the first day of a product liability trial that put healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson …
Dr. D. Veronikis is a St. Louis urogynecologist who is sought after internationally to remove polypropylene pelvic mesh and repair the damage it causes.
Mesh News Desk (MND) interviewed Dr. Dionysios Veronikis of the Vaginal Surgery and Urogynecology Institute of St. Louis. He is a leading mesh removal surgeon recognized internationally.
A woman, known to Mesh News Desk (MND) but who wishes to remain anonymous, has some advice to share about combating pain and injury from a pelvic mesh.
PART TWO : J&J admits it purged thousands of pages of documents that would have been useful to mesh-injured women in their product liability trials against the healthcare giant.
Johnson & Johnson was supposed to be holding thousands of pages of documents in preparation for defective mesh trials, instead, the documents disappeared, destroyed by the company. Was it intentional?
Oliver Thorne, solicitor UK Michelmores, http://www.michelmores.com/, discusses the difference between English and American product liability law.
Mesh News Desk continues its interview with leading mesh-removal doctor, Christian Twiss, MD, a urologist at the U of Az.
American Medical Systems, one time a leader in manufacturing pelvic mesh, alleged lawyers created a "scheme" to disadvantage it in the courts. It reads like a tawdry tale in the pursuit of profits.
2014 should be a very busy year for transvaginal and incontinence mesh lawsuits, if Judge Joseph Goodwin's schedule is any indication.
A woman who prefers to remain anonymous has a list of questions to consider. Doctors are invited to weigh in on the medical questions. Lawyers ditto!…
April 19, 2013~ This essay is written by contributor, Nonie Wideman of British Columbia, who has suffered with mesh injuries for years.
Kathy L is not the real name of this author. She is involved in litigation and chooses to remain anonymous as she warns us Prolift is still sold around the world while its discontinued for sale in US.
The following was sent from a consultancy group, Frost & Sullivan. An analyst says more work is needed to determine if polypropylene is safe for human implantation.
Polypropylene (PP) mesh September 28, 2012 ~ The following was sent from a consultancy group, Frost & Sullivan. Chemical, Materials and Research Ana…
Tad and Elizabth Hrymoc, from NorthJersey.com Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 12, 2017 ~ The pelvic mesh trial of plaintiff Elizabeth Hyrmoc…
ProPublica, an independent journalism organization, reports on four medical devices that are among the thousands pushed into the market annually with very little scrutiny.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 22, 2018 ~ D-Mannose is a simple sugar that has an ability to prevent bacterial infections in the urinary tract…
On July 13, 2011 the FDA issued a Safety Communication (here) which says: FDA Safety Communication: UPDATE on Serious Complications Associated with ...
