The three-week trial of Jennifer Snowden concluded with a jury win for Ethicon over her Abbrevo transvaginal mesh. She vows to continue the fight for other women.
New Jersey Superior Court will be the venue for an upcoming number of hernia mesh trials focused on the LifeCell Strattice biologic mesh. This is the first trial of a biologic mesh made of pig skin.
As the hernia mesh trial of Paul Trevino and Bard/Davol concludes its third week, MND offers a glimpse of courtroom happenings in this case, closely watched by patients, lawyers and mesh makers.
The nine-day trial of Tina Burris v Johnson & Johnson ended with a defendant win after jurors decided the company had issued adequate warnings about the risks of Prolift.
JNJ was facing $344 million in civil penalties after California accused it of making misleading statements that minimized the health risks of its pelvic mesh. This is the latest settlement with states
Polypropylene is the polymer material that make up the majority of hernia and pelvic meshes even though there are known problems with the material.
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.
There have been so many reports of complications concerning Paragard IUD, including 15 deaths, that a new MDL is forming in Georgia to take cases to trial.
From the MND Archives ~ Dr. Shlomo Raz, UCLA Urologist, who is now retired, tells doctors he prefers harvesting a sling from a woman's own body to use rather than polypropylene mesh!
The late Dr. Robert Bendavid was a well-known hernia surgeon who in this editorial for the Africa Middle East Hernia Society
Judge Joseph R. Goodwin July 10, 2013~ Saying it was the first time in his 20 years on the bench he had declared a mistrial, federal Judge Joseph R....
