Tuesday marked the second day of testimony in a federal transvaginal mesh lawsuit. In the second day of testimony in the first federal trial to determine whether the manufacturer of transvaginal mesh is responsible for injuries in a patient, a jury heard testimony from the doctor who implanted the mesh. In a Charleston, WV courtroom…
A New Jersey judge has set an October start date for a bellwether hip implant lawsuit. An early trial date has been set in a New Jersey courtroom for a bellwether case involving DePuy hip implants. Superior Court of New Jersey Judge Brian R. Martinotti has set an October start for this important lawsuit against…
A jury has been seated in a bellwether federal lawsuit against a transvaginal mesh manufacturer. It took a West Virginia U.S. District Court judge just two hours to seat a jury in the first federal lawsuit against a manufacturer of transvaginal mesh. Judge Joseph Goodwin whittled 18 jurors down to eight for the trial, which…
Another study has highlighted the risk of transvaginal mesh implant products. A new study in the respected Journal of the American Medical Association seems to confirm previous concerns over the safety of transvaginal mesh products. A total of 215 women were involved in the study, and 126 of them had undergone transvaginal mesh implant surgery…
Johnson & Johnson is facing a number of hip implant lawsuits. A California judge says that the plaintiff in a landmark hip implant lawsuit did provide sufficient evidence that Johnson & Johnson’s metal-on-metal hip implant was defective. The ruling comes after J & J attempted to appeal an $8.3 million verdict against the company back…
Expert defense witness testimony in DePuy lawsuit could deal a devastating blow to the plaintiff’s case. The jury in the second DePuy hip implant lawsuit to go to trial (Carol Strum v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. et al, case no. 2011-L-009352) has recently heard testimony from an expert witness for the defense alleging that: The plaintiff…
Testimony began in late January over claims that the DePuy metal-on-metal hip implant was defective and that its maker, Johnson & Johnson, concealed knowledge of its defects. More than 10,000 similar lawsuits are pending in the United States, but this lawsuit, filed by Loren Kransky of Montana, was the first to reach trial. Documents indicate…
Jury selection began January 7, 2013, in Atlantic County (N.J.) Superior Court over claims the Gynecare Prolift® Pelvic Floor Repair System caused injuries that forced a patient to endure multiple treatments and surgeries and caused permanent damage. Linda Gross, a South Dakota nurse, claims the Johnson & Johnson pelvic mesh implant was defective in design…
Jury selection was scheduled to begin this week in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over claims that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn a former professional dancer and her doctors about risks with two DuPuy ASR™ hip implants she received. Moira Jackson, who says the implants caused “severe physical distress and injury” until she was “unable…
The dramatic increase in recent years of medical device recalls and resulting litigation has put a financial burden on the insurers, who are, in turn, forcing manufacturers to share the costs. Experts are looking at the 2010 recall of St. Jude Medical’s Riata defibrillators as the next battleground between insurers and manufacturers. The Food and…