Texas Appeals Court Allows Pelvic Mesh Trial With Remote Juror; Defendant Then Wins

Mealey's (January 4, 2023, 4:08 PM EST) -- DALLAS — The Fifth District Texas Court of Appeals has denied a petition for a writ of mandamus by the Ethicon Inc. subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which sought to compel a trial court to vacate its denial of a mistrial in a pelvic mesh case and to declare a mistrial because the trial court permitted one juror to attend the trial remotely....