The judge overseeing pelvic mesh mass tort litigation said the New Jersey-based defendant may have had a “strong” relationship with a Pennsylvania mesh-manufacturer, but he questioned whether that relationship would be enough to allow the Keystone State to retain jurisdiction over 90 pelvic mesh cases involving out-of-state plaintiffs.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Arnold New heard arguments Wednesday over whether the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California meant 90 out-of-state plaintiffs suing New Jersey-based medical device company Ethicon will have their cases tossed from the mass tort program, leaving just 30 pelvic mesh cases pending in Philadelphia.
