Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. is moving to settle a number of lawsuits over its power morcellator devices that are alleged to spread cancer in women. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the company has settled nearly 70 cases over the past few months involving its laparoscopic power morcellator device, which plaintiffs say…
An $11.1 million jury award against Johnson & Johnson by a woman injured by vaginal mesh has been upheld by a state court of appeals in New Jersey. Linda Gross filed suit against Ethicon, a division of J&J in 2008 alleging injuries including severe pain which resulted in 18 surgeries, the loss of her career…
An Atlanta jury has awarded a woman $10 million in punitive damages and $1 million in compensatory damages for injuries she received following hip replacement surgery using the Wright Conserve Resurfacing Cup manufactured by Wright Medical Technology. The bellwether trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, where multiple cases against Wright…
In response to a surge of consumer complaints about the Essure permanent contraceptive device since October 2013, the FDA has now ordered its manufacturer, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, to perform a postmarket safety study. In addition, the FDA has proposed a box warning and a patient checklist highlighting the potential adverse events that could occur following implantation of…
According to Madris Tomes, chief executive officer of Device Events, the FDA may have significantly underestimated fetal deaths among women who used the Essure Contraceptive device. While the FDA has cited five fetal deaths, Tomes had indicated that there were in fact 303 fetal deaths linked to the product. Essure is a permanent contraceptive device…
Two Philadelphia juries have found in favor of women injured by pelvic mesh products and awarded in excess of $10 million in each case. On February 10, 2016 Sharon Carlino was awarded $13.5 million for injuries she sustained including constant pain and discomfort and the inability to have sex. In December 2015 Patricia Hammons was…
A second trial over injuries caused by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon pelvic mesh products began in Philidelphia on January 25th, 2016. Plaintiff’s counsel described the the on-going pain and suffering she lives with on a daily basis and the impact it has had on her ability to have sex with her husband. These problems will…
Bard Inc. has lost its Fourth Circuit appeal of a jury’s $2 million verdict in a trial that found the medical device maker liable for a woman’s injuries from defective vaginal mesh implants. This suit is one of four bellwethers in the West Virginia MDL and is the first to go to trial in federal…
More than 135,000 women have filed lawsuits against manufacturers of pelvic mesh products and in public comments to the FDA scores of women have asked for a nationwide ban or recall of the devices. While the FDA decided not to impose an outright ban on the products, the manufacturers have been ordered to submit new…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred all cases alleging injuries caused by Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming units or blankets to Minnesota federal court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. In a Dec. 11 order, the panel explained that the actions involve common questions of fact and centralization will serve…