The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether an appellate panel improperly dismissed as time-barred a product-liability suit against Johnson & Johnson over sutures alleged to have caused post-surgical injuries.

In her petition for certification, which the Court granted on June 3, Misti Blessing argued that she could not have known she had a cause of action because J&J concealed from the medical community mounting evidence of complications stemming from use of Panacryl sutures.

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