{"id":529,"date":"2016-02-29T08:02:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T14:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:41:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:41:52","slug":"georgia-jury-awards-4-4-million-plaintiff-johnson-johnson-transvaginal-mesh-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/georgia-jury-awards-4-4-million-plaintiff-johnson-johnson-transvaginal-mesh-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Jury Awards $4.4 Million to Plaintiff in Johnson &#038; Johnson Transvaginal Mesh Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, there are thousands of lawsuits being brought against the makers of transvaginal mesh products, including Johnson &amp; Johnson. This month, a jury in Georgia returned a verdict against Johnson &amp; Johnson in favor of the plaintiff, finding that the manufacturer was responsible for injuries that the plaintiff sustained after being implanted with a Mentor ObTape transobturator vaginal sling. While the manufacturer of the device discontinued it in 2006, countless women received the device prior to this time.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the incredible volume of cases involving health complications linked to the Mentor ObTape product, they have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamd.uscourts.gov\/mdl-cases\" target=\"_blank\">organized<\/a> into a multi-district litigation (MDL) proceeding centralized in the Middle District of Georgia. MDLs are similar to class actions in that common questions of fact and law are resolved on a broader basis, but they are different in that each plaintiff&#8217;s claim is evaluated individually and subject to a unique determination of whether damages are appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>In her complaint, the plaintiff alleged that her doctors prescribed and implanted a ObTape device to treat her stress urinary incontinence. Shortly after the surgery, the plaintiff began experiencing severe pain, infections, and a worsening of her urinary incontinence. She also required multiple follow-up surgeries to address these symptoms and will need extensive continued medical care well into the future.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/georgia-jury-awards-4-4-million-plaintiff-johnson-johnson-transvaginal-mesh-suit\/#more-529\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, there are thousands of lawsuits being brought against the makers of transvaginal mesh products, including Johnson &amp; Johnson. This month, a jury in Georgia returned a verdict against Johnson &amp; Johnson in favor of the plaintiff, finding that the manufacturer was responsible for injuries that the plaintiff sustained after being implanted with a Mentor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-devices"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Georgia Jury Awards $4.4 Million to Plaintiff in Johnson &amp; Johnson Transvaginal Mesh Suit &#8212; Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 29, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today, there are thousands of lawsuits being brought against the makers of transvaginal mesh products, including Johnson &amp; Johnson. 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