A state court jury in
Philadelphia last week found in favor of the Plaintiff and against Johnson
& Johnson regarding injuries the Plaintiff sustained due to a pelvic mesh
device. The device was manufactured by the company’s Ethicon unit. The jury
found for the Plaintiff in the amount of $2.16 million.
This was the latest of roughly
54,800 lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson in state and federal
courts over vaginal-mesh devices produced by Ethicon. There have been several
major Plaintiff victories over the last few years regarding mesh products
manufactured by different companies. The verdict last week follows a $12.5
million jury verdict in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit against Johnson and
Johnson’s Ethicon division on December 22, 2015. That Philadelphia jury found
that the Plaintiff suffered injuries from a Prolift pelvic mesh implant, which
was removed from the medical device market in 2012. The $12.5 million award
included $7 million in punitive damages as the jury heard evidence of Ethicon’s
document destruction.
Booth Samuels and the attorneys
at Pittman, Dutton & Hellums, P.C. are currently investigating mesh injury
cases. If you or someone you love was implanted with a pelvic or vaginal mesh
device after the year 2008 and have had revision surgery, please contact Booth
Samuels at 1-866-515-8880 or by email at booths@pittmandutton.com for a free
consultation.
