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.
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