{"id":1187,"date":"2016-10-28T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:37:54","slug":"boston-scientific-loses-appeal-18-5-million-award-obtryx-pelvic-mesh-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/boston-scientific-loses-appeal-18-5-million-award-obtryx-pelvic-mesh-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Scientific Loses Appeal of $18.5 Million Award in Obtryx Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Scientific, a company that developed a pelvic mesh product called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonscientific.com\/en-US\/products\/mid-urethral-slings\/obtryx-II.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obtryx<\/a>, failed in its effort to appeal a $18.5 million verdict against the company in a product liability lawsuit. In November 2014, a West Virginia jury concluded that the company owed compensation to four different women who received the Obtryx device. At the close of the 10-day trial, the presiding judge ordered that Boston Scientific must pay\u00a0each plaintiff between $3.25 and $4.25 million.<\/p>\n<p>Following the verdict, the Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer appealed the award, asking the judge to reduce it on the basis that the plaintiffs did not demonstrate that the product is unreasonably unsafe. According to Boston Scientific, this product&#8217;s design and warnings were within the standard of care that applies for stress urinary incontinence products. The company also argued that the plaintiffs did not draw a causal connection between the alleged defects of the product and the injuries that they sustained. Boston Scientific also claimed that the warnings it included with the Obtryx product were sufficient and that the jury&#8217;s award of punitive damages was excessive.<\/p>\n<p>On review, the appellate judge rejected Boston Scientific&#8217;s claims. According to the court, the record contained ample evidence that could support the jury&#8217;s conclusion that the plaintiffs had satisfied each element of the claims they advanced. For example, the defendant was misguided in referring to the standard of care for stress urinary incontinence. In a product liability action, the standard of care is the level of care that the manufacturer owed when creating the product, rather than the level of care a doctor owed in prescribing it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/boston-scientific-loses-appeal-18-5-million-award-obtryx-pelvic-mesh-lawsuit\/#more-1187\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Scientific, a company that developed a pelvic mesh product called Obtryx, failed in its effort to appeal a $18.5 million verdict against the company in a product liability lawsuit. In November 2014, a West Virginia jury concluded that the company owed compensation to four different women who received the Obtryx device. 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