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$15 Million Chopped From A Pelvic Mesh Verdict

$15 Million Chopped From A Pelvic Mesh Verdict

$15 Million Chopped From A Pelvic Mesh Verdict

Introduction

A $35 million verdict linked to Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon pelvic mesh injury lawsuit by a plaintiff was altered by an Indiana federal Judge. The Jury announced that the woman must accept a $15 million reduction, to avoid a new trial on punitive damages.

The plaintiff got the Prolift transvaginal mesh implanted in 2009 to treat pelvic organ prolapse. She developed severe pelvic pain and filed a lawsuit against the mesh manufacturer in 2012, alleging that the defectively designed mesh caused her irreversible injuries. The lawsuit blames Ethicon for hiding critical information regarding the health risks associated with their device and intentionally misinformed the public and healthcare providers.

Many women across the U.S. who implanted transvaginal mesh for treating pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) blame the device makers for inadequate warning. Ethicon Pelvic Mesh lawsuits are consolidated as a part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2327; In Re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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