J&J Says It Prevails in Suit Over Vaginal-Mesh Sling
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Johnson & Johnson persuaded a judge to throw out a woman’s lawsuit arguing a vaginal-mesh implant was defectively designed, ending the first trial of claims the device caused patients’ injuries.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin in Charleston, West Virginia, today granted judgment for J&J on Carolyn Lewis’s claims that a TVT Retropubic sling implanted to treat incontinence was improperly designed, according to court records.