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…
Carey Danis LoweNovember 23, 2015
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…
Carey Danis LoweMay 26, 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 team of defective medical device lawyers at Carey Danis & Lowe recently reported on our law blog that Johnson & Johnson filed a motion in a West Virginia federal…
Carey Danis LoweMarch 11, 2015
C.R. Bard, a manufacturer of medical devices used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), recently settled a vaginal mesh lawsuit. Selected as a bellwether case,…
Carey Danis LoweMarch 11, 2015
Plaintiffs who have filed vaginal mesh lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon have firmly denied allegations of fraudulent vaginal mesh lawsuits. It was brought to the attention of Johnson…
Carey Danis LoweFebruary 5, 2015
In what is an unfortunate distraction in the Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon multidistrict litigation (MDL) in West Virginia, news of telephone scammers contacting women about filing transvaginal mesh lawsuits…
Carey Danis LoweJanuary 23, 2015
Thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits targeting C.R. Bard are currently pending in a federal court in West Virginia. In late December 2014, C.R. Bard submitted a request to postpone bellwether…
Carey Danis LoweJanuary 23, 2015
In an atypical statement of opinion, the federal judge who is overseeing the thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits in a West Virginia court advised mesh manufacturer, C.R. Bard, to consider…
Carey Danis LoweJanuary 9, 2015