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Transvaginal Mesh
64 published works
Drug & Device Law
N.D. Fla.’s. Mixed Bag of Vaginal Mesh Rule 702 Rulings
It is an old legal adage that hard cases make bad law. One could also say that big cases make bad law, especially if by “big” we include Multi-District Litigation…
Drug & Device Law
Like Day and Night
By Bexis
Now that federal court pelvic mesh cases no longer disappear into that black hole that was the multidistrict litigation, the difference seems almost like daytime after a long, dark night. …
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Updates and Awards
In the U.S. and around the world, thousands of women have been harmed by transvaginal mesh implants, with many requiring multiple surgeries to have the mesh removed. Vaginal mesh was widely…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Transvaginal Mesh Complications
It is not surprising to anyone that both age and childbirth individually and in combination take their tolls on the human body. Many medical complications result from both. One of…
Guideposts
Fourth Circuit Upholds $1.75 Million Punitive Damages Award In Transvaginal Mesh Case
About a month ago, we reported on a Delaware trial court decision reducing a $75 million punitive award to $7.5 million in a transvaginal mesh case. Last week, in what…
Guideposts
Delaware Superior Court Cuts Punitive Damages In Transvaginal Mesh Case
By Miriam R. Nemetz, Evan M. Tager
Last week, we posted about a $10 million award of punitive damages in a product liability action against a manufacturer of hip implants. We explained our view that the award…
Litigation & Trial
The Lucrative Mass Torts Scam That Wasn’t
The lawsuit brought by financier Amir Shenaq against mass-torts law firm AkinMears has made the rounds of the tort reform blogs (e.g., SETexas Record, Daniel Fisher at Forbes, and Paul…
Litigation & Trial
Ethicon Asks MDL Court To Presume Women Lie About Their Health
Transvaginal mesh is one of the great health debacles of our time, causing more damage across more families than any other medical device in recent memory. I know it from…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Boston Scientific To Pay Millions Following First Federal Trial
In November 2014, Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered to pay $26.7 million to 4 plaintiffs who allege injury as a result of the company’s transvaginal mesh devices. Following an eight-day…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
FDA Proposes Change of Vaginal Mesh Classification
By Jared Fink
According to the Federal Register (05/01/2014), “the Daily Journal of the United States Government,” the United States Food and Drug Administration has recently called to reclassify transvaginal mesh in the…