Law Professor Thomas A. Eaton on Tort Reform
Thomas A. Eaton, U GA School of Law Earlier this month, the jury in the federal Donna Cisson transvaginal mesh case awarded Mrs. Cisson $1.75 million in punitive damages in addition to the $250,000 in...
View ArticleTolling Agreements – Legal Deadlines Nearing for Mesh-Injured
Aaron Leigh Horton by Aaron Leigh Horton Blog: @themeshwarrior.wordpress.com Twitter: @themeshwarrior Email: themeshwarrior@gmail.com September 12, 2013 – According to USDefinitions.legal.com, a...
View ArticleHello October
Thank you so much for visiting Mesh Medical Device News Desk, shortened to Mesh News Desk (MDN). This effort was created in August 2011 in response to the growing number of women who were experiencing...
View ArticleAMS Granted Limited Discovery into Alleged “Scheme” in Transvaginal Mesh...
On Friday, October 11, AMS, American Medical Systems, was given a limited green light to look into what it alleges could be a fraudulent “scheme” to stack the deck in the plaintiff’s favor in the...
View ArticleCourt Schedule for Bellwether Trials Posted in Upcoming Transvaginal Mesh Cases
Jurors in Cisson trial The federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, that has more than 33,000 defective product claims consolidated in something called Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), now has a new...
View ArticleC.R. Bard Transvaginal Mesh Trial Continued – The Final Case in this Bellwether
Anonymous woman, WikiCommons This will be the third time the case of Carolyn Jones v. C.R. Bard has had a trial date moved in the federal litigation taking place in a courthouse in Charleston, West...
View ArticleJ&J Faces first Defective Transvaginal Mesh Trial in Federal Court Monday
Prolift, sold on eBay The first federal trial accusing healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of making defective transvaginal mesh will begin with jury selection Monday morning, February...
View ArticleLewis v Ethicon is Over! Judge Grants Ethicon’s Motion to End Trial
Judge Joseph R. Goodwin The plaintiff’s side in the first Ethicon trial to be heard in this federal court, had six days before it rested its case. One day later, Judge Joseph Goodwin ended the...
View ArticleFederal Court Calendar for Transvaginal Mesh Cases in WV
Many readers of Mesh News Desk are asking what has become of the bellwether trials that were supposed to take place in a timely manner. That has clearly not happened. With the first C.R. Bard trial of...
View ArticleIs a C.R. Bard Pelvic Mesh Settlement Near?
A company that produces transvaginal mesh for a major manufacturer is setting aside $180 million for transvaginal mesh cases. As of this writing, pelvic mesh maker C.R. Bard is facing 9,234 product...
View ArticleJury Decides for Huskey $3.27 Million in Pelvic Mesh Trial!
After a two week trial, Huskey v. Ethicon, the eight member jury returned a verdict just before noon, Friday September 5, of $3.27 million. Emotion erupted in the courtroom as the clerk read the...
View ArticleIsreali Lawyers Preparing Class Action Defective Product Suits Over Prolift Mesh
Statue, WikiCommons More news is coming into Mesh News Desk from around the world concerning mesh litigation. Johnson & Johnson is being sued in Israel over complications linked to its Prolift...
View ArticleFirst Pelvic Mesh MDL Mentor ObTape Plaintiff Awarded $4.4 Million
Mentor ObTape Mesh News Desk, Feb 23, 2016 ~ A federal trial in Georgia delivered another blow to Johnson & Johnson over its pelvic mesh. On Thursday, February 18, a jury deliberated three hours to...
View Article*Breaking News * Mesh-Injured Woman Pushes Against Caldera Mesh Settlement
Image, Linda Nylind for The Guardian Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 20, 2004~ Twelve years ago today a grandmother was implanted with a Caldera Medical pelvic mesh used to treat incontinence,...
View ArticleWhat is Multidistrict Litigation?
Byrd federal court, Charleston WV Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 16, 2016 ~ MDL, Multidistrict Litigation. Readers of Mesh Medical Device News Desk have been hearing about the court where...
View ArticleHow to Look Up Your Pelvic Mesh Case
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 2, 2017 ~ Many of you already know how to look up your pelvic mesh case filed in federal court. Here is a step-by-step way to find it through a...
View ArticleTransvaginal Mesh Cases Top 100k, Judge Wants To End MDL
from Whistleblower Law insights Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 30, 2017 ~ Judge Joseph Goodwin overseeing the transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigation (MDL) reportedly wants to end the MDL...
View ArticleMesh Injured Women Found
Anonymous woman, WikiCommons Mesh News Desk, April 11, 2017 ~ Mesh Medical Device News Desk (Mesh News Desk) recently noted that nine mesh injured women were about to have their product liability cases...
View Article*Breaking News * Mesh-Injured Woman Pushes Against Caldera Mesh Settlement
Image, Linda Nylind for The Guardian Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 20, 2016~ Twelve years ago today a grandmother was implanted with a Caldera Medical pelvic mesh used to treat incontinence,...
View ArticleWhat is Multidistrict Litigation?
Byrd federal court, Charleston WV Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 16, 2016 ~ MDL, Multidistrict Litigation. Readers of Mesh Medical Device News Desk have been hearing about the court where...
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