A judge in the ongoing mesh litigation against Boston Scientific significantly reduced the amount awarded to a victim in a May jury trial. New Castle County, Delaware Judge Mary Johnston…
Carey Danis LoweNovember 23, 2015
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…
Carey Danis LoweJune 19, 2015
3,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits could soon be resolved. Boston Scientific proposed a $119 million transvaginal mesh settlement. The medical device manufacturer included the settlement in an SEC filing in late…
Carey Danis LoweJune 4, 2015
When Judge Goodwin said he was going to “kick it into high gear”, he really meant it. According to a pretrial order (PTO) filed in early April 2015, Judge Joseph…
Carey Danis LoweMay 7, 2015
The California Supreme Court recently denied the appeal of a transvaginal mesh manufacturer, C.R. Bard, who sought to annul a 2012 jury verdict awarding $5.5 million to the plaintiff in…
Carey Danis LoweMarch 11, 2015
The federal judge who is overseeing the pretrial proceedings in the 7 transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigations (MDLs) urged the defendants in each of the MDLs to settle the tens of…
Carey Danis LoweFebruary 19, 2015
Creating a medical product with materials not intended for medical use is a dangerous practice. A manufacturer of transvaginal mesh products, Boston Scientific, is purported to have done just that…
Carey Danis LoweDecember 1, 2014
In the latest mesh lawsuit update regarding the Boston Scientific multidistrict litigation (MDL) in West Virginia, US Magistrate Judge Cheryl Eifert delivered a ruling on Boston Scientific's Motion to Quash.…
Carey Danis LoweOctober 21, 2014
The latest transvaginal mesh lawsuit update involves the jury having ruled in the second Boston Scientific transvaginal mesh lawsuit to go to trial. The lawsuit was being heard in a…
Carey Danis LoweSeptember 8, 2014