Jury Awards $12.5M in First Philadelphia Pelvic Mesh Case
A Philadelphia jury has hit Johnson & Johnson with a $7 million punitive damages award for its conduct with regard to a pelvic mesh implant device.
December 22, 2015 at 06:45 AM
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A Philadelphia jury has hit Johnson & Johnson with a $7 million punitive damages verdict over conduct in the design and marketing of its pelvic mesh implant device.
The punitive damages award in Hammons v. Ethicon on Tuesday morning came one day after the same jury awarded plaintiff Patricia Hammons $5.5 million in compensatory damages. Hammons had alleged the product was negligently designed, and J&J subsidiary Ethicon failed to properly warn health professionals about the risks of the Gynecare Prolift device.
Hammons' attorney, Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter, called the award “a great victory.”
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