Naming a Pennsylvania-based mesh supplier as a defendant is just a ruse to avoid federal court jurisdiction in pelvic mesh litigation, defendants Ethicon Inc. and Johnson & Johnson argued in opposition to a plaintiff’s motion to remand.
A battle over jurisdiction between state and federal court is playing out in several pelvic mesh cases filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas but removed to the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
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