IN RE: Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation

Track this case

Case overview

Case Number:

1:17-md-02782

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Injury: Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Richard W. Story

Firms

Companies

Sectors & Industries:

  1. December 04, 2023

    J&J, Ethicon Settle 224 Hernia Mesh Defect Suits In MDL

    Johnson & Johnson and its surgical-suture maker subsidiary, Ethicon, have settled claims across 224 cases in a Georgia multidistrict litigation brought by patients who alleged that a hernia mesh manufactured by the companies was defective and injured them.

  2. August 14, 2023

    Cellino Fights Atty's Bid To Block Fees In J&J Mesh MDL

    Cellino Law LLP and its defunct predecessor, Cellino & Barnes PC, asked a Georgia federal judge Friday to toss a former attorney's push to block the firms' access to attorney fees in lawsuits over injuries from hernia mesh manufactured by Johnson & Johnson.

  3. June 27, 2023

    Cellino Can't Get Fees From Ga. Mesh Lawsuit, Atty Claims

    A former Cellino Law LLP attorney has asked a Georgia federal judge to block his erstwhile employer's move to "grab" unearned fees from clients in lawsuits over injuries from hernia mesh manufactured by Johnson & Johnson.

  4. May 25, 2023

    Johnson & Johnson Settles 161 Hernia Mesh Suits In Ga.

    Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon Inc. and plaintiffs in 161 cases alleging that a certain hernia mesh product was defectively designed and seriously injured consumers told a Georgia federal judge they had settled, asking the judge to dismiss the cases.

  5. September 20, 2019

    J&J's Litigation Bravado In Sharp Relief After Epic Opioid Trial

    Johnson & Johnson's decision this year to risk a $17 billion penalty in the nation's first opioid-crisis trial added one of the most dramatic chapters yet to the company's increasingly remarkable willingness to spurn settlements and litigate financially perilous cases all the way.