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In re: Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:12-md-02327

Court:

West Virginia Southern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Joseph R. Goodwin

  1. August 07, 2015

    Product Liability Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2015

    Attorneys following the General Motors ignition switch defect litigation are particularly interested in the scope of Jenner & Block chairman Anton Valukas' upcoming deposition, while trial lawyers will pay close attention to the first bellwether case in the Lipitor multidistrict litigation as well as the performance of the Zoloft plaintiffs' key expert witness. Here, Law360 eyes the cases product liability attorneys will be tracking in the second half of the year.

  2. August 06, 2015

    Ethicon Targets Plaintiff's Evidence Ahead Of Mesh Trial

    Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc. sought Thursday to pare down the evidence a plaintiff can bring at an upcoming trial over injuries allegedly caused by one of the company's pelvic mesh slings.

  3. June 16, 2015

    Design Defect Claims Go Forward in Ethicon Mesh MDL

    A West Virginia federal judge ruled on Friday that 26 suits in a massive multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon Inc. over pelvic mesh products should be consolidated and go to trial on their design defect claims.

  4. February 17, 2015

    J&J Drops Plaintiff Solicitation Discovery Bid In Mesh MDL

    Johnson & Johnson has withdrawn its discovery motion to pursue its allegations that the plaintiffs' attorneys in transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigation had engaged in illegal plaintiff solicitation and filed lawsuits without legitimate claims.

  5. January 23, 2015

    J&J Fraud Claims Fall Flat In Mesh MDL, Plaintiffs Attys Say

    A Johnson & Johnson request for additional discovery to ferret out fraudulent lawsuits is nothing more than a delaying tactic, plaintiffs' attorneys in transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigation said Thursday, arguing the company has offered no proof they were involved in illegal plaintiff solicitation.

  6. January 14, 2015

    Women Asked To Lie To Join Pelvic Mesh MDL, J&J Claims

    Johnson & Johnson argued Tuesday that a judge overseeing transvaginal mesh multidistrict litigation should require plaintiffs to expeditiously prove they have viable claims, saying that illegal plaintiff solicitation by "unscrupulous" individuals, combined with often hyperbolic attorney advertising, have inflated the number of "questionable" lawsuits.

  7. March 26, 2014

    J&J May Have Destroyed Vaginal Mesh Docs, DOJ Told

    The U.S. Department of Justice should conduct a criminal probe into whether Johnson & Johnson and its top executives intentionally destroyed tens of thousands of documents relevant to multidistrict litigation over vaginal mesh injuries, a consumer advocacy group said Wednesday.

  8. February 14, 2014

    J&J's Discovery Mishaps Barred From Vaginal Mesh Trial

    A West Virginia federal judge on Thursday barred a plaintiff from telling the jury in a bellwether trial against Johnson & Johnson over vaginal mesh injuries that the company lost potential evidence, even though a magistrate judge recently ruled it had done so.

  9. February 05, 2014

    J&J Punished For Losing Evidence In Vaginal Mesh MDL

    A West Virginia magistrate judge on Tuesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a penalty for failing to preserve documents related to multidistrict litigation over alleged transvaginal mesh injuries, finding it disadvantaged plaintiffs' attorneys during discovery.

  10. December 02, 2013

    J&J Unit Accused Of Losing Key Docs In Vaginal Mesh MDL

    Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc. has lost or destroyed at least tens of thousands of documents that could be relevant to ongoing product liability multidistrict litigation over its vaginal mesh implants despite a decadelong litigation hold to preserve such documents, MDL plaintiffs claimed Monday.

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