$4.8M Rhode Island Ventralex Hernia Repair Mesh Verdict
September 2, 2022
On August 29, 2022, a Rhode Island jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $4.8 million, which will increase to $7.68 million with interest, after a trial that began on July 28, 2022 and jury deliberations that began on August 23, 2022, involving surgical hernia repair [...]
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Filshie Clip Recall 2022?
June 26, 2022
The FDA uses the term “recall” when a manufacturer takes a correction or removal action to address a problem with a medical device that violates FDA law. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health. ItR[...]
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$255,000 Hernia Mesh Verdict
June 22, 2022
On April 15, 2022, a federal jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division found in favor of the plaintiffs in the second bellwether surgical mesh case to be tried so far in the multidistrict litigation. The first trial resulted in a defense ver[...]
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3M Suffers $22.5M Verdict In Bellwether Defective Earplug Case
March 15, 2022
On December 10, 2021, a federal jury in Florida found against 3M and in favor of Army veteran Theodore Finley for his hearing loss and tinnitus in a bellwether case alleging ineffective combat earplugs, awarding the plaintiff a total of $22.5 million in damages ($7.5 million in compensatory damages [...]
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