Ethicon 19/03/15

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1. The on-coming wave of transvaginal personal injury cases

   Mar 18, 2015 | National Monitor

   By Stephen Jordan
   
   
   More than 75,000 vaginal mesh lawsuits are currently jumping at Ethicon and other manufacturers that produce similar mesh and bladder sling products.
2. Doctor Directory: Miklos & Moore Talk Transvaginal Mesh

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1. The on-coming wave of transvaginal personal injury cases

   Mar 18, 2015 | National Monitor

   By Stephen Jordan

   There is an onslaught of transvaginal mesh lawsuits being filed against such as C.R. Bard Inc., Ethicon Inc., and Johnson and Johnson – just to name a few. More than 75,000 vaginal mesh lawsuits are currently jumping at Ethicon and other manufacturers that produce similar mesh and bladder sling products.

   These specific complaints point the finger at mesh and bladder sling design defects, stating that they have caused serious pain and debilitating complications, including repeated infections and the mesh becoming eroded through the vagina.

   In what is the latest of a string of trials taking place in state and federal courts, a jury has awarded a verdict of more than $5 million against Johnson & Johnson along with its Ethicon subsidiary, over Ethicon’s Gynecare TVT Abbrevo device.

   The medical device manufacturer decided to preemptively accept the inevitable defeat, raise their white flag and settle a federal bellwether trial that is currently being put together in West Virginia.

   The J&J company just happens to be the world’s biggest pharmaceutical and medical-device producer, and it is current facing a large loss after they received financial damage in the transvaginal mesh wars. It seems that one of the only few decisions J&J has left is to announce a global settlement.

   “Our Firm is representing hundreds of women who allegedly suffered serious vaginal mesh complications following implantation of pelvic mesh marketed by C.R. Bard and other medical device manufacturers. We are pleased that discovery is moving forward in these bellwether cases,” says Sandy A. Liebhard, a partner at Bernstein Liebhard LLP.

   There are court documents that have been discovered, illustrating that there have been more than 10,500 transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard in West Virginia. According to the information in those court records, C.R. Bard has been singled out as a defendant in a large amount of additional vaginal mesh claims, specifically, more than 1,700. The claims are currently pending in New Jersey’s Bergen County Superior Court.

   Court documents indicate that more than 70,000 claims have been filed in the various transvaginal mesh litigations underway in West Virginia alone.

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