A California appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a $5.5 million verdict against C.R. Bard Inc. and a gynecologist that found the two responsible for a woman’s injuries from a vaginal mesh implant in the first such case to go to trial. The panel rejected Bard’s argument that the negligence theories submitted to the jury were erroneous, finding instead that …
Boston Scientific Puts Aside Funds to Pay for Legal Expenses
Facing ongoing lawsuits over mesh products used to treat urinary incontinence, its 2006 acquisition of Guidant Corp., and tax issues with the IRS, Boston Scientific has now set aside nearly $1 billion to pay legal expenses. The Marlborough-based medical device company increased its litigation reserves by $139 million over the course of the three months that ended in September to …
Boston Scientific Hit With Verdict In 1st Pelvic Mesh Loss
A Texas state jury blasted Boston Scientific Corp. with a $73.4 million verdict on Monday, finding that the company’s Obtryx-brand transvaginal sling was defectively designed and caused severe injuries, marking the first time the company has not prevailed in litigation over its pelvic mesh products. A spokeswoman from the law firm Freese & Goss, which represented plaintiff Martha Salazar, confirmed …
J&J Federal Trial on Pelvic Mesh Devices Begins in West Virginia
Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc., are going on trial this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, facing charges that one of its pelvic mesh devices, the TVT-O, was defective and that the company was negligent and fraudulent in its representation of the product. We Are Mesh Survivors, a coalition …
Judge Plans To Speed Up Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits, Trials
As the number of vaginal mesh lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system continues to increase, with many of the manufacturers of these controversial products making little progress toward settling the claims, the U.S. District Judge presiding over the litigation indicates that he will prepare a large number of cases to be “expeditiously set for trial.” U.S. District Judge Joseph …