Bellwether Vaginal Mesh Trial Results in $2 Million Verdict

A West Virginia jury has told C.R. Bard, the maker of the Bard Avaulta line of vaginal mesh products, that the company is liable for injuries sustained by a woman who had an Avaulta mesh device implant and ordered Bard to pay her $2 million in damages. In an earlier blog, the vaginal mesh injury…

Recently, PBS ran a documentary in the series “Need To Know” calling into question the effectiveness of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) medical device evaluation process. The documentary highlighted the case of a South Dakota nurse who had an implanted Johnson & Johnson’s Gynecare Prolift mesh device to treat her prolapsed pelvic organ….

The vaginal mesh injury lawyers in Jacksonville at Farah & Farah recently reported that a jury in Atlantic City, New Jersey awarded $3.35 million in compensatory damages to a woman who claimed that Johnson’s and Johnson’s Gynecare Prolift mesh product was defective, that J&J knew it, and that the medical device manufacturer had failed to…

The first trial over whether Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn about the potential dangers of the Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh implant is over — and the jury has awarded the plaintiff $3.5 million. The trial, which took place in State Superior Court in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was the first in the some…

Transvaginal mesh injury attorney Eddie Farah has been following developments in the first of 1,800 lawsuits slated to go to trial concerning injuries caused by Johnson & Johnson’s defective Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh implant. Jurors heard final arguments in the trial, which was held in state court in New Jersey beginning in January. During summation,…

The first trial over Johnson & Johnson’s Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh device has begun in New Jersey. The lawsuit was brought by a South Dakota woman who claims that she is in constant pain due to the failed transvaginal mesh and that she had to undergo 18 subsequent surgeries to repair damage caused by the…