Bloomberg news service reports that court documents filed recently In Re Ethicon Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, a U.S. District Court Case in the Southern District of West Virginia, allege that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary destroyed or misplaced documents related to its vaginal mesh implants. As a result,…
For anyone involved in a civil lawsuit, the question of whether the case should be removed from state to federal court is an important one. Technically, both parties should be able to expect a fair legal proceeding no matter the venue in which the case is heard. However, civil case…
Transvaginal mesh caused thousands of women to experience serious complications after the surgical mesh was implanted in procedures designed to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). As many plaintiffs filed lawsuits against transvaginal mesh manufacturers, cases were consolidated into multi-district litigations. Our Boston transvaginal mesh lawyers…
Thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits are moving forward within courts throughout the United States as injured women seek to hold manufacturers accountable for complications from dangerous surgical mesh products. In one case against transvaginal mesh manufacturer American Medical Systems (AMS), a recent judicial order was issued. The order addressed the…
A plaintiff whose transvaginal mesh lawsuit was dismissed by the Suffolk County Superior Court has successfully won her appeal and her case will go forward. Our Boston transvaginal mesh lawyers know this is an important victory as the plaintiff will now get her day in court and will have a…
If you only read women’s health and beauty magazines, you may think that post-partum depression and weight gain are the only negative consequences of pregnancy and delivery. However, as recent research and years of medical evidence have shown, women who deliver a child can suffer a host of physical issues…
Several manufacturers of vaginal-mesh implants are working towards settlement after thousands of women have suffered serious injury and wrongful death. According to reports, there could me more than 50,000 claims filed and joined in this potential products liability settlement. Insiders claim that the liability is strong in these cases so…
In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, there are currently six separate coordinated litigations pending against transvaginal mesh manufacturers, including Boston Scientific. To facilitate the processing of claims, more than 22,000 federal lawsuits have been consolidated into the individual multi-district litigations (MDLs) in West Virginia…
In a case that was being closely-watched by those in the legal community, a jury awarded $2 million to a woman who alleged C.R. Bard Inc. concealed information regarding the inherent flaws of its transvaginal mesh implant products. Our Boston transvaginal mesh attorneys know that this case was the first…