(CVN screenshot of Adam Slater delivering his closing argument in McGinnis v. CR Bard)
Trials involving pelvic mesh implants have resulted in some of the most significant products liability verdicts in the last 10 years. Despite numerous large scale settlements, thousands of transvaginal mesh implant suits remain pending in state and federal court throughout the country.
Here is a case-by-case breakdown of the mesh trials in CVN’s video archive, which include key plaintiff and defense verdicts and many of the top litigators handling these cases. A $99/month no-contract subscription gives you access to gavel-to-gavel video from all of these mesh trials and hundreds more, as part of the world’s only online video collection of civil jury trials.
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Linda Gross v. Ethicon (January 2013, Atlantic City, NJ)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/in-re-pelvic-meshgynecare-litigation-trial-2012-11-05
First mesh trial in consolidated New Jersey state court mesh docket (Prolift)
Trial outcome: $11.1 million
Plaintiff counsel: Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
Defense counsel: Butler Snow LLP
Maria Cardenas v. Boston Scientific Corp. (September 2014, Boston, MA)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/maria-cardenas-vs-boston-scientific-corp-trial-2014-08-15
Second trial following initial defense verdict involving the Obtryx brand sling
Trial outcome: defense verdict
Plaintiff counsel: Babbitt Johnson Osborne & Le Clinch PA, Monsour Law Firm
Defense counsel: Shook Hardy & Bacon, Murphy & Riley
Colleen Perry v. Ethicon (January 2015, Bakersfield, CA)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/perry-v-luu-trial-2015-01-12
First trial involving Ethicon’s “TVT-Abbrevo” mesh product
Trial outcome: $5.7 million
Plaintiff counsel: Wagstaff & Cartmell, Freese & Goss, Edwards & De La Cerda
Defense counsel: Butler Snow, Bowman & Brooke
Carol Cavness v. Ethicon (September 2015, Dallas, TX)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/carol-cavness-v-ethicon-inc-et-al-trial-2015-09-21
First trial involving Ethicon’s “Prosima” mesh system
Trial outcome: defense verdict
Plaintiff counsel: Freese & Goss, Matthews & Associates, Capshaw & Associates
Defense counsel: Butler Snow, Beck Redden
Eve Sherrer v. Boston Scientific, C.R. Bard (December 2016, Kansas City, MO)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/eve-sherrer-v-truman-medical-center-inc-et-al-trial-2015-11-30
First mesh trial involving two mesh products, Bard’s “Align” and Boston Scientific’s “Solyx” implants
Trial outcome: defense verdict
Plaintiff counsel: Wagstaff & Cartmell, Davis Bethune & Jones
Defense counsel: Shook Hardy & Bacon (Boston Scientific), Greenberg Traurig (C.R. Bard)
Elizabeth Hrymoc v. Ethicon (November 2017, Hackensack, NJ)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/hrymoc-v-ethicon-trial-2017-11-27
Second mesh trial in NJ state court, involving Ethicon’s TVT-O implant
Trial outcome: $15 million
Plaintiff counsel: Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
Defense counsel: Butler Snow, Thomas Combs & Spann, Ruprecht Hart Weeks & Ricciardulli
Mary McGinnis v. C.R. Bard (March 2018, Hackensack, NJ)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video of the trial:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/mcginnis-v-cr-bard-inc-trial-2018-01-29
First trial involving C.R. Bard mesh implants in NJ state court (Avaulta and Align)
Trial outcome: $68 million
Plaintiff counsel: Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
Defense counsel: Greenberg Traurig
California v. Ethicon (July 2019, San Diego, CA)
Link to gavel-to-gavel video of the trial:
https://cvn.com/proceedings/california-v-ethicon-trial-2019-07-12
First mesh false marketing lawsuit filed by a state AG to go to trial
Trial outcome: $344 million judgment
Plaintiff counsel: CA Office of the Attorney General
Defense counsel: Butler Snow, Covington & Burling, O’Melveny & Myers
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Know about any mesh trials in state court in 2020 CVN should cover? Let us know!
E-mail David Siegel at dsiegel@cvn.com
