The first mass tort trial over a Johnson & Johnson unit's pelvic mesh product ended in a $3.35 million verdict for the plaintiff, and the jury is weighing punitive damages.
After eight weeks, the jury on Monday found Ethicon, the manufacturer, liable for injuries from the Gynecare Prolift surgical mesh implant.
The case, In Re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 291, consolidates 2,182 suits in Atlantic County Superior Court. The case was tired before Judge Carol Higbee who presided over the Vioxx mass tort litigation in New Jersey.
The litigants are women who claim they experienced complications as a result of implantation of one of several pelvic mesh products to treat organ prolapse — where organs slip or sink out of place — or urinary incontinence.
Linda Gross of Watertown, S.D., filed her complaint in November 2008, claiming she underwent 18 surgeries to correct injuries caused by a Gynecare Prolift mesh implant.
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