As Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon has seen juries deliver big verdicts over its pelvic mesh products—including an $80 million award in Philadelphia court on May 17—the judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation in West Virginia federal court has transferred dozens of cases back to their home districts across the country.

The largest batch of lawsuits in the MDL—nearly 20—are ending up in Pennsylvania federal court.

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