Ethicon Mesh Trial Yields $41 Million Jury Verdict
The verdict is the latest in a wave of multimillion-dollar verdicts juries have awarded over Ethicon's pelvic mesh products over the past few years.
January 31, 2019 at 02:31 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
A jury has awarded $41 million to a woman who underwent nine surgeries to treat injuries she allegedly sustained as a result of defective transvaginal mesh.
The 12-member Philadelphia jury in Emmett v. Ethicon rendered the verdict Thursday in Judge Kenneth Powell's courtroom following a five-week trial. The award includes $15 million in compensatory damages, $25 million in punitive damages and $1 million on a loss of consortium claim.
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