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February 23, 2016 |

Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over $11M Pelvic Mesh Verdict

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary asked a New Jersey appeals court Feb. 23 to overturn an $11.1 million verdict awarded in the first bellwether trial over allegedly harmful pelvic mesh implants.
5 minute read
February 22, 2016 |

Suits & Deals: Patient Awarded $1.01 Million in Suit Claiming Surgeon Damaged Intestine

A Middlesex County jury awarded $1.01 million on Feb. 1 in Stewart v. Swaminathan, a medical malpractice suit stemming from an intestine that ruptured during surgery.
4 minute read
February 20, 2016 |

Pelvic Mesh and Risperdal Trials Show Punitive Damages Impact

During closing arguments in the latest pelvic mesh trial in Philadelphia, plaintiffs attorney Shanin Specter called the conduct of the defendant company heads "beyond reckless," saying it made him want to throw his lectern out the courtroom window.
7 minute read
February 13, 2016 |

J&J Hit With Verdict In Second Pelvic-Mesh Case

A Philadelphia jury handed up a $13.5 million award to a woman claiming she was permanently injured from a pelvic-mesh device that eroded inside her.
4 minute read
February 10, 2016 |

Fee Fight Spurs Departures from Ethicon MDL Team

A battle over legal fees and costs has prompted three lawyers to withdraw from the plaintiffs leadership team in the multidistrict litigation over power morcellators made by Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon Inc.
3 minute read
February 10, 2016 |

Attorney Slams Pelvic Mesh Maker As 'Beyond Reckless' in Closing

The attorney representing the plaintiff in the ongoing pelvic-mesh trial in Philadelphia hammered the device makers during his closing argument for their alleged failure to tell doctors and patients about the erosion rates of the device and the risk of permanent harm.
5 minute read
February 10, 2016 |

Jury Awards $13.5M in Second Pelvic Mesh Trial

A Philadelphia jury has handed up a $13.5 million award to a woman claiming she was permanently injured from a pelvic mesh device that eroded inside her.
5 minute read
February 03, 2016 |

Pelvic Mesh Counsel Sanctioned for 'Poisoning' Questions

The trial judge overseeing the ongoing pelvic-mesh trial in Philadelphia had harsh words for a defense attorney during a sanctions hearing, after the attorney was accused of asking a key witness "poisoning" questions in an alleged attempt to sway the ­witness' testimony.
5 minute read
January 25, 2016 |

Parties Spar Over Pelvic Mesh Efficacy in Second Trial

The device at the center of the second pelvic-mesh trial in Philadelphia was the "worldwide gold standard" in treating the stress-related incontinence that the plaintiff had suffered, an attorney defending its design told jurors during her opening ­statement Monday.
4 minute read
January 25, 2016 |

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