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.
May 29, 2012 ~ According to an article published in The Patriot Ledger, Boston Scientific was sued in Boston federal court May 2, by Sheila Roach of M…
Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, overseeing bellwether mesh trials ALL HANDS ON DECK MND, Nov 16, 2015 ~ In non-legal language you could say Judge Joseph R.…
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 21, 2017 ~ The trial of four women, implanted with Boston Scientific's Pinnacle mesh, was held in a Miami cour…
A former FDA IT project manager left the agency to focus on patient safety but to do that, she needed the real numbers of complications for medical devices, something the FDA doesn't really have.
