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Summary Judgment For Johnson & Johnson In Pelvic Mesh Case Affirmed By Federal Appellate Court

July 3, 2025

In May 2007, Rowena Crowe visited her gynecologist, Dr. Robert Brown, and complained of urinary incontinence and pelvic pressure. Dr. Brown recommended surgical implantation of two pelvic mesh devices—a transvaginal tape obturator, or “TVT-O,” and a Prolift pelvic floor repair system—to trea[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Defense Win In Pelvic Mesh Case

October 13, 2023

Court Affirms Defense Win In Pelvic Mesh Case: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its unpublished opinion dated March 10, 2023, upheld the district court’s exclusion of the plaintiff’s causation expert’s testimony i[...]

New Jersey Supreme Court Orders New Trial In Pelvic Mesh Case

October 5, 2023

The New Jersey Supreme Court stated in its July 25, 2023 opinion: “In this products liability matter involving “pelvic mesh” medical devices, the Court considers whether defendant C.R. Bard, Inc., was denied a fair trial by the trial court’s determination that defendant could not present[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $500,000 Pelvic Mesh Jury Verdict

March 25, 2023

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $500000 Pelvic Mesh Jury Verdict: After delivering four children, Raeann Bayless experienced symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. To try to treat these conditions, she underwent a surgical operation in which two polypropylene meshes—inc[...]

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Federal Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Johnson & Johnson In Pelvic Mesh Case

September 5, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its June 15, 2022 decision involving an allegedly defective pelvic mesh case filed against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc.: “Dianne M. Donaldson and her husband a[...]

Federal Appellate Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reinstating Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit Against J & J

September 17, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated August 24, 2021: “The statute of limitations began to run only when Ms. Stark should have realized that her mesh-related complications might have been wrongfully caused [...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Overturns Two Pelvic Mesh Verdicts In Favor Of Plaintiffs

March 24, 2021

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) overturned two large pelvic mesh verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs in two pelvic mesh product liability lawsuits, stating in its published opinion dated March 2, 2021, “we conclude the two respecti[...]

$51.7M Philadelphia Pelvic Mesh Verdict

October 1, 2017

On September 7, 2017, a Philadelphia pelvic mesh jury returned its verdict n favor of the plaintiff and against defendant Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in the total amount of $51.7 million, which included $7.1 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. The[...]

$20M Philadelphia Pelvic Mesh Verdict

May 1, 2017

A Philadelphia product liability jury returned its verdict on April 28, 2017 in the amount of $20 million in favor of the 56-year-old New Jersey plaintiff after a three-week trial of her pelvic mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon. The jury’s verdict included [...]

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