Trying to conclude its vaginal mesh legal woes, Endo International Plc recently announced that it has agreed to set aside $775 million to resolve the last batch of 22,000 remaining known lawsuits alleging the company’s vaginal-mesh implants eroded in some women. Tens of thousands of female patients who have been implanted with vaginal mesh products,...
TRANSFER OF FEDERAL PHYSIOMESH HERNIA REPAIR LAWSUITS TO GEORGIA
On June 2, 2017, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL for the federal lawsuits alleging injury caused by the synthetic hernia repair product, Physiomesh, filed against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson. In the June 2nd order, the JPML ordered the transfer of the cases to the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
HERNIA MESH LITIGATION UPDATE – Hearing Set for MDL in Ethicon Physiomesh Cases
On May 25, 2017 the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will hold a hearing on the motion filed by claimants/plaintiffs to create a new MDL for the Physiomesh Flexible Composite hernia mesh cases filed against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson. A MDL is a type of legal proceeding that helps federal courts efficiently manage many...