Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit News: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Medical Journal’s Bid to Block Third-Party Subpoena in New Jersey Ethicon Litigation
New York, New York (PRWEB) April 23, 2014 -- Vaginal mesh lawsuits (http://www.transvaginalmeshlawsuithelp.com/)
filed against Ethicon, Inc. continue to move forward in courts around the country, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports. According to court documents filed on April 18th, a prominent medical journal is attempting to convince a Massachusetts state court judge to reconsider her recent decision to not to quash a third-party subpoena sought by plaintiffs who want access to documents they allege are relevant to claims they have pending against Ethicon in a consolidated litigation now underway in New Jersey Superior Court. (In re: Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 6341-10)
Court records indicate that Middlesex Superior Court Justice Diane Kottmyer initially ruled on the subpoena on April 9th, and ordered the New England Journal of Medicine to turn over communications between its editors and a researcher who authored a study involving Ethicon’s Gynecare Prolift device. In their motion seeking the subpoena, plaintiffs in the New Jersey transvaginal mesh lawsuit claimed the study’s initial disclosure statement, as well as a correction that followed its December 2011 publication, failed to fully detail Ethicon’s influence over the research. The study presented Prolift in a favorable light, and was later cited by the company to tout the transvaginal mesh device.
“Our Firm is representing numerous women who have filed transvaginal mesh lawsuits against Ethicon. We will be monitoring this matter closely,” ” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm continues to evaluate vaginal mesh lawsuits on behalf of women who suffered injuries allegedly due to products marketed by Ethicon and other manufacturers.
Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Court documents indicate that Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon unit are facing 4,900 transvaginal mesh lawsuits that have been filed in New Jersey’s Atlantic County Superior Court on behalf of women who were allegedly harmed by the company’s pelvic mesh devices. Jeffrey S. Grand, a partner with Bernstein Liebhard LLP, is serving as Co-Liaison Counsel in this proceeding. Mr. Grand was also a member of the Plaintiff’s team in the litigation’s first trial of an Ethicon lawsuit, which ended in March 2013 when the jury hearing the case awarded more than $11 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman who experienced serious vaginal mesh complications due to the Gynecare Prolift mesh. (Gross v. Gynecare Inc., Atl-L-6966-10)
According to court filings, more than 50,000 vaginal mesh lawsuits have also been filed against Ethicon and other pelvic mesh manufacturers in a number of consolidated proceedings that are now underway in U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Mr. Grand is serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in several of these litigation, including: American Medical Systems, Inc. (MDL No. 2325); Boston Scientific Corp., (MDL No. 2326); and C.R. Bard, Inc., (MDL No. 2187); and Ethicon (MDL No. 2327).
Mr. Grand was also named Co-Liaison Counsel in a second litigation underway in Atlantic County Superior Court for lawsuits involving C.R. Bard products. (In re: Pelvic Mesh Litigation/Bard, No. L-6339-10)
Women who suffered serious vaginal mesh complications following surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence may be entitled to compensation from the company that manufactured the device. To learn more about the litigation involving transvaginal mesh lawsuits, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP, or the Firm's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/meshlawsuit. To obtain a free, confidential and no-obligation case review, please call 800-511-5092.
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