A lawsuit filed by a Kentucky woman alleging vaginal mesh complications was moved from state to federal court because one defendant named in the case was fraudulently joined. The reason for the removal is that when federal lawsuits, such as the vaginal mesh lawsuits in... Read More

A Florida woman has joined vaginal mesh litigation with a vaginal mesh lawsuit that the filed on November 8, 2012, in the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Volusia County. The defendants in the lawsuit moved the case to federal court as of... Read More

Many patients who have experienced some of the serious side effects related to controversial vaginal mesh devices have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of these devices in the hopes of winning compensation for their injuries. Vaginal mesh devices are approved by the Food and Drug... Read More

The initial New Jersey lawsuit filed due to vaginal mesh failure and other complications with the implants went to trial on Monday, January 7, 2013. The first of over 1,800 cases filed in New Jersey against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary, Ethicon, involves... Read More

On July 6, 2012, through their vaginal mesh lawyer, a Kentucky couple filed a lawsuit against Ethicon, Gynecare, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. This case joins thousands... Read More

In a lawsuit recently transferred to the vaginal mesh MDL, a Texas woman claims complications from the Pelvicol mesh, manufactured by Covidien. The plaintiff originally filed her lawsuit against Covidien PLC, Covidien LLC, and Covidien Inc. on December 19, 2012 in the Superior Court of... Read More