The Honorable Carol E. Higbee recently upheld an $11.1 million vaginal mesh lawsuit verdict rendered last year in a bellwether case against Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, Ethicon. The New Jersey Superior Court judge rejected J&J’s request for a new trial for Linda Gross v. Ethicon, in which the plaintiff alleged... Read more »

Pelvic mesh manufacturer Covidien indicates it will pay $180 million in legal charges in its third quarter, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The charges are in relation to vaginal mesh products that two of the company’s subsidiaries supplied to manufacturers including C.R. Bard – another company... Read more »

New research on total knee arthroplasty with prosthetic implants indicates that up to a third of all patients may be having unnecessary surgery, putting recipients at greater risk for health problems and incapacitating complications. The study was conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where researchers examined the records of... Read more »

According to a pretrial order issued by the Honorable Judge Joseph Goodwin, plaintiffs and defense have continued progress in settlement negotiations that may resolve hundreds of transvaginal mesh lawsuits against Coloplast – a Danish manufacturer of bladder slings and mesh inserts. The company has been named defendant in product liability... Read more »

Court records show that last month five new product liability complaints were filed in Bergen County Superior Court, alleging complications with the Stryker Accolade TMZF hip stem and LFIT anatomic V40 femoral head. The plaintiffs argue that the hip replacement components suffer design defects and are defectively manufactured, causing fretting... Read more »

The Mirena IUD, manufactured by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, is already the topic of heated litigation throughout the United States. Women allege that the intrauterine system is prone to spontaneous migration, putting them at risk for uterine perforation, internal adhesions, infections and other debilitating injuries. Now, a new complication associated with... Read more »

U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank is overseeing more than 800 Stryker Rejuvenate injury lawsuits pending under multidistrict litigation No. 2441. Earlier this month, on May 9, Judge Frank issued a pretrial order stipulating that the bellwether case pool would be broken down into five different categories depending on the... Read more »