Search Results for "transvaginal mesh"
- J&J Withdraws Motion Alleging Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit Solicitations
Last month, vaginal mesh manufacturer Johnson & Johnson filed a motion accusing plaintiffs’ lawyers of illegally soliciting clients for vaginal mesh lawsuits. This week Reuters reports that the motion has been withdrawn by J&J.
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is one of seven manufactu...
- Women Want State’s Help in Pelvic Mesh Fight
A coalition of women who had received pelvic mesh implants that led to complications have asked the Texas Attorney General to pursue legal action against Johnson & Johnson, a large implant manufacturer. The women allege that Johnson & Johnson violated state law by practicing deceptive busi...
- $73 Million Awarded to Woman Injured by Boston Scientific Mesh Implant
After winning the first two trials over injuries allegedly caused by its Obtryx sling, Boston Scientific has been ordered to pay $73 million to a plaintiff in a Texas state court case. A Bloomberg story reports that this is the first award against this particular company because of a vaginal-mesh im...
- Pelvic Mesh Litigation Filings Continue to Accumulate
Philadelphia mass tort pelvic mesh filings are increasing steadily after the creation of a mass tort category for these cases in February. An article in The Legal Intelligencer reports that the largest accumulation of case filings occurred in June of 2014, when 375 cases were filed. This was followe...
- Coloplast Begins to Settle Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Coloplast, a Danish manufacturing company, has begun to settle approximately 400 vaginal mesh lawsuits. According to Bloomberg News, the combined settlements are expected to total about $16 million, with the average payment being about $40,000.
Risks of Vaginal Mesh Inserts
Vaginal mesh inserts are ...
- Court Records: Mesh Maker Knowingly Used Unsafe Plastic
According to court records, the company CR Bard Inc. used a type of resin-based plastic for its transvaginal mesh devices, despite being warned that the plastic wasn’t suitable for implantation in humans, Bloomberg reports.
Transvaginal mesh implants, made by a number of different manufacturers, a...
- Endo to pay $54.5 million in mesh lawsuit settlement
A unit of Endo Health Solutions, one of the four companies facing 29,000 lawsuits over vaginal mesh implants, has agreed to pay $54.5 million to settle some of those cases.
According to Bloomberg, the vaginal mesh cases have been consolidated before U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin in Charleston, ...
- Study finds hazards for mesh implants
A study published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, measured the success of a surgery called abdominal sacrocolpopexy, which is the standard treatment for a condition called pelvic organ prolapse.
The study analyzed the results of 200 women who underwent the surgery, accordin...
- Vaginal mesh recipients protest outside hospital
A story in the Star Phoenix describes a protest outside a Canadian hospital by women warning others about a medical device called the vaginal mesh implant.
The implant is supposed to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, a condition characterized by weakened muscles being unable to p...
