$3.35 Million Partial Verdict Handed Down in First Pelvic Mesh Trial
February 25, 2013
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey state court jury has handed down a partial verdict of $3.35 million against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and its subsidiary, Ethicon Inc., at the end of the first pelvic mesh case to go to trial, HarrisMartin Publishing is reporting.
In a Feb. 25 verdict, the jury found by a 7-2 vote that the manufacturers failed to adequately warn plaintiff Linda Gross's implanting surgeon of the risks associated with the pelvic mesh and, additionally, that the device was the proximate cause of injury. However, by a 7-2 vote, the jury also found there …
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