Published May 8, 2012 on TMD A loophole in federal law requires the FDA to approve some previously-recalled medical devices. Now, the agency says it wants to see that changed….
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Approximately 3397 cases have been consolidated into the Ethicon multi-district litigation (MDL) being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The Ethicon MDL is…
A woman injured by a Cook Medical vaginal mesh has filed a class action lawsuit in Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench. The class action lawsuit calls for at least $500,000…
Vaginal mesh lawsuits filed by women who have suffered serious injuries after using medical products manufactured by either C.R. Bard and Ethicon continue to increase in a New Jersey state…
Published May 19, 2014 by Digital Journal Thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed against American Medical Systems, Inc. continue to move forward in a consolidated litigation underway in U.S. District…
A woman who suffered serious injuries from a transvaginal mesh implant received a $100 million award in a jury verdict. The trial occurred in a state court in Delaware in…
In June 2012, Johnson & Johnson made the decision to remove their defective transvaginal mesh (TVM) medical device from the global market. Though the medical device manufacturer cites future market…
In 2012, C.R. Bard faced its first transvaginal mesh lawsuit. The trial took place in a California court, and resulted in the jury deciding to award the plaintiff $5.5 million….
Surgical operations strike fear in some patients; before the procedure, they worry about what could go wrong. A new study shows that less can go wrong with surgeons who’ve performed…
A report published in May 2014 by the Minneapolis newspaper, Star Tribune, highlighted the risks of using transvaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI)….