Published May 10, 2012 on InjuryLawyer The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has aggregated transvaginal mesh lawsuits from across the country into four multidistrict litigations (MDLs), relating to four…
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Published May 23, 2012 on InjuryBoard On February 7, 2012, all federal lawsuits concerning transvaginal mesh products were consolidated into one court in the Southern District of West Virginia before…
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The second bellwether trial in the Ethicon multidistrict litigation (MDL) is scheduled to begin with jury selection on August 22, 2014, and an official start on August 25. The bellwether…
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Published June 21, 2012 on LawsuitInformation.org Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson sent letters to the judges in federal and state court overseeing vaginal mesh lawsuits to notify them…
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The reason behind Johnson and Johnson's (J&J) mishandling of key documents relating to their transvaginal mesh products remains unknown. As these documents could prove invaluable to those building a case…
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The Attorney General of California and Washington state filed separate transvaginal mesh lawsuits targeting Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Their lawsuits claim that the pharmaceutical giant knew of the…
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A panel responsible for the management of multidistrict litigation (MDL) across the country, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) published a document in mid-June with updated information on…
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In late October 2015, a federal judge denied a request made by Boston Scientific, a manufacturer of vaginal mesh devices. The company sought to move 62 transvaginal mesh lawsuits, which…
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In 2013, a jury verdict awarded the plaintiffs in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit being heard in a New Jersey court an $11 million compensatory package. The transvaginal mesh lawsuit involved…
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In the first of over 12,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits targeting Boston Scientific, the jury found the medical device manufacturer not liable for the charges brought by the plaintiff. The lawsuit…
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