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A Pennsylvania jury awarded a New Jersey woman $20 million for injuries she suffered after receiving a pelvic mesh implant made by Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

Following a three-week trial in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, Peggy Engleman of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, was awarded $2.5 million compensatory damages and $17.5 million in punitive damages.

Martin P. Schrama and Stefanie Colella-Walsh, both partners with Stark & Stark, filed the complaint on behalf of Ms. Engleman in 2013 and worked with a team of attorneys on the case.

The suit claimed that a TVT-Secur device manufactured by Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, was defective and the companies failed to warn users of the risks. Ms. Engleman had the device implanted in 2007 to relieve stress urinary incontinence, but said the device failed shortly thereafter. She began to experience pain and discomfort as the mesh started to erode inside her body and underwent multiple surgeries. Physicians were unable to remove all the shards of mesh in her abdomen.…

Continue Reading Jury Awards $20 Million in Pelvic Mesh Implant Case Brought by Stark & Stark

In April and May 2016, a Missouri court awarded $72 million and $55 million, respectively, for claims against Johnson & Johnson for ovarian cancer linked to its talcum powder products. At that time, over 100 other cases were pending in Missouri, along with a growing number of cases in other states. The New Jersey Supreme Court had already ruled that the cases should be consolidated in a Multicounty Litigation (MCL), under Judge Nelson C. Johnson. However, unlike the judge in Missouri, who sent the cases to the jury, Judge Johnson disqualified the same expert witnesses used in those winning cases, ruling that, although the experts were “eminently qualified” to give testimony, the evidence was not grounded in “objective science.”
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Continue Reading Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Claims Take a Hit in NJ

The United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPML) recently assembled to determine whether the cases known as In Re: Zofran (ondansetron) Products Liability Litigation should be given Multi-District Litigation (MDL) treatment, and if so, where the litigation should be consolidated. Granting MDL treatment consolidates all federal lawsuits filed across the United States into one…

Stark & Stark attorneys are currently seeking owners of Volkswagen or Audi automobiles affected by the recent emissions testing scandal uncovered in recent weeks. Volkswagen executives have admitted to designing cars with 2.0 liter diesel engines that emit lower levels of harmful emissions during mandatory inspections than they do when operating on the road. As…

The litigation against manufacturers of pelvic mesh devices continues to increase nationwide. A pelvic mesh implant is a synthetic material implanted and tied to ligaments or bone to lift and support internal organs. The implants were introduced over a decade ago, and can serve as an alternative to a hysterectomy. Thousands of women, who were…

Zofran (ondansetron), manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is a member of a class of drugs known as 5-HT3 receptor antagonists, which work by blocking the actions of serotonin. Zofran is commonly prescribed for use by pregnant women suffering from morning sickness. Studies show that Zofran use by pregnant women can lead to a heightened risk of…