Boston Scientific Denied Summary Judgment on Punitive Damages Claim in Pinnacle Transvaginal Mesh Case

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A West Virginia federal judge has denied Boston Scientific Corp. summary judgment on a punitive damages claim asserted in a Pinnacle transvaginal mesh case, finding a question of fact exists as to whether the manufacturer is “guilty of intentional misconduct or gross negligence.”

In the April 29 order, Judge Joseph R. Goodwin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia referred to information warning BSC not to implant polypropylene into the human body. The Pinnacle device contains this material, the judge noted.

Patricia Wolford was surgically implanted with the Pinnacle Pelvic Floor …