In an update on our previous posts concerning the transvaginal mesh implant case of Gross v. Gynecare Inc., Atl-L-6966-10, Superior Court of Atlantic County, New Jersey, the same jury just returned a verdict of $7.76 Million more dollars in punitive damages. This amount is in addition to the compensatory verdict of $3.35 Million awarded earlier this week for a grand total of $11.1 Million in all.
Jurors in Atlantic City made the award today to punish J&J, the world’s largest seller of health-care products. The verdict came in the first of 4,000 lawsuits to go to trial over J&J’s pelvic mesh, including 2,100 in New Jersey. The jury of six men and three women declined to comment on its decision.
The total of $11.1 million goes to Linda Gross, a South Dakota nurse who complained of constant pain and underwent 18 operations after J&J’s Gynecare Prolift was implanted to shore up weakened pelvic muscles. On Feb. 25, the panel found that J&J and its Ethicon unit failed to warn her surgeon of the risks of the device and fraudulently misled her about the risks.
The Bloomberg news has just reported the events of the case here:
Other Transvaginal Mesh News
A Pennsylvania judge has allowed additional depositions in a transvaginal mesh mass tort, addressing a Supreme Court ruling that may limit where plaintiffs can file pelvic mesh injury lawsuits.
A Philadelphia jury awarded $57.1 million to a woman harmed by Ethicon’s transvaginal mesh, highlighting serious complications and allegations of Johnson & Johnson’s failure to warn about risks.
Endo International will stop producing AMS transvaginal mesh, responding to mounting legal claims and FDA safety requirements. Thousands of women have filed lawsuits over serious complications from these implants.
