Ethicon Media Monitoring 2/7/2019

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1. Mesh Maker Hit With $41 Million Verdict

   Feb 6, 2019 | Law.com

   By Amanda Bronstad
   
   
   A Philadelphia jury awarded $41 million to a woman who had nine surgeries stemming from her transvaginal mesh device made by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Inc. Representing the plaintiff were Thomas Kline and Kila Baldwin, both of Kline & Specter.

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1. Mesh Maker Hit With $41 Million Verdict

   Feb 6, 2019 | Law.com

   By Amanda Bronstad

   ...A Philadelphia jury awarded $41 million to a woman who had nine surgeries stemming from her transvaginal mesh device made by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Inc. Representing the plaintiff were Thomas Kline and Kila Baldwin, both of Kline & Specter. Ethicon’s defense team was Tarek Ismail (Goldman Ismail), Anita Modak-Truran (Butler Snow), and Joseph O’Neil (Campbell Conroy & O’Neil). Interesting side note: Kline & Specter partner Shanin Specter objected to a 5% holdback in common benefit fees in the federal pelvic mesh cases, in part because of what he called “puny settlements” when compared to the verdicts he’s gotten. U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin rejected that argument last week, awarding a potential $550 million in fees....

   https://www.law.com/2019/02/06/critical-mass-cases-over-no-poach-agreements-draw-doj-response-plus-judge-demands-more-details-from-plaintiffs-suing-facebook/
   

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