Jury Awards $100 Million in Boston Scientific Transvaginal Mesh Case
Late last week a Delaware jury ordered medical device maker Boston Scientific to pay $100 million to a woman who said she was injured by a transvaginal mesh device. The jury award contained $25 million in compensatory damages and an additional $75 million in punitive damages, Reuters reports. The devices are the subject of more … [Read more...] about Jury Awards $100 Million in Boston Scientific Transvaginal Mesh Case
Women Continue to File Suit Over Transvaginal Mesh Injuries
Women continue to file lawsuits over transvaginal mesh injuries that include vaginal erosion—also known as exposure, extrusion, or protrusion—infection, organ perforation, and chronic pain and/or abscess. Transvaginal mesh is used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Complication reports, … [Read more...] about Women Continue to File Suit Over Transvaginal Mesh Injuries
