The last of three bellwether trials involving Bard Avaulta vaginal mesh has been cancelled with the parties agreeing to settle the product liability case just weeks before it was set to begin on May 19th. In a statement issued by the court on April 29th... Read More

Endo International PLC, the parent company of American Medical Systems, has agreed to settle thousands of AMS mesh lawsuits filed by women who allege serious injuries from the devices. The company plans to pay out around $830 million in settlement monies, which Endo claims will... Read More

On April 24, 2014, the watchdog group Corporate Action Network says it will unveil new information regarding Johnson & Johnson abuses toward women. The organization, which recently launched a web campaign to alert consumers about the dangers of vaginal mesh injuries from Ethicon products, seeks... Read More

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay a damages award of $1.2 million to a sixty-four year old woman in the first verdict against the company over the use of the Ethicon line of vaginal surgical mesh. The plaintiff argued that she... Read More

A series of Bard Avaulta mesh trials in West Virginia court are proceeding, as the third bellwether case, previously postponed, has been scheduled for May 19, and the discovery process for a second round of 200 cases has been initiated. Avaulta is one of several brands... Read More

Discovery proceedings in vaginal mesh lawsuits pending under MDL No. 2327 have illuminated some concerning ties between pelvic mesh manufacturers and physicians. As part of the pretrial discovery process in West Virginia District Court, where Johnson & Johnson is defending its products in thousands of... Read More

Defendants scored a victory in the first federal Ethicon vaginal mesh trial. The judge overseeing the trial, Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, entered a judgment of a matter of law after hearing the plaintiff’s case and reviewing a summary judgment motion submitted by the defendants. This... Read More

A West Virginia federal judge has denied summary judgment to Boston Scientific in a pelvic mesh device lawsuit, finding an issue of fact regarding whether the plaintiff could have realized a connection between her injuries and the product within the two-year statute of limitations. On... Read More