Earlier this month, a Philadelphia jury awarded
$57.1 million in damages to a woman who accused Johnson & Johnson of
manufacturing a defective pelvic mesh implant that scarred her urethra and left
her incontinent. The award included $50 million in punitive damages. The
plaintiff claimed that a pair of negligently and defectively designed mesh
devices, the TVT-Secur and the standard TVT product, had left her with little
control over her urinary flow.
The plaintiff was implanted with the TVT-Secur mesh device in May 2007 to treat symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and ultimately received a second TVT implant after a few months when her condition did not improve. Unfortunately, the mesh had eroded into her urethra, causing incontinence and with strong pelvic pain.
Ethicon had previously lost four out of five jury trials in Philadelphia. A jury in the fifth case decided in June that while the TVT-Secur had been defectively designed, it was not the cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. A judge, however, ruled a month later that the verdict was inconsistent and ordered a new trial on damages. Before this verdict, the largest verdict the company had faced in a mesh case in Philadelphia had been a $20 million award handed down in April. That award included $17.5 million in punitive damages.
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.
The plaintiff was implanted with the TVT-Secur mesh device in May 2007 to treat symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and ultimately received a second TVT implant after a few months when her condition did not improve. Unfortunately, the mesh had eroded into her urethra, causing incontinence and with strong pelvic pain.
Ethicon had previously lost four out of five jury trials in Philadelphia. A jury in the fifth case decided in June that while the TVT-Secur had been defectively designed, it was not the cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. A judge, however, ruled a month later that the verdict was inconsistent and ordered a new trial on damages. Before this verdict, the largest verdict the company had faced in a mesh case in Philadelphia had been a $20 million award handed down in April. That award included $17.5 million in punitive damages.
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.
