According to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a woman awarded $3.35 million in a case against Johnson & Johnson over the company’s vaginal mesh implant represents the first trial of 1,200 similar lawsuits in New Jersey – where Johnson & Johnson is based.
But the total number of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over vaginal mesh implants made by the company’s Ethicon subsidiary is closer to 4,000.
Vaginal mesh implants are supposed to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, which ...
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A jury has begun deliberating in the case of a woman seeking $3.38 million for lost earnings and past and future medical expenses connected to injuries from a vaginal mesh implant.
BBC reports that the mother of a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has won the equivalent of $11.4 million in a lawsuit against the hospital she says is responsible for his brain injury.
The New York Post reports that the family of a girl who suffered a brain injury at birth received a $100 million settlement against St. Vincent’s Medical Center on Staten Island.
