Earlier this week, a West Virginia federal court magistrate found that defendant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) negligently lost or destroyed thousands of documents and computer files about the development of its vaginal mesh inserts, Gynecare Prolift and TVT Retropubic, manufactured by its Ethicon unit. Consequently, the magistrate has recommended that J&J should be punished by allowing some juries to hear about the document destruction. J&J faces more than 12,000 lawsuits over vaginal mesh inserts many of which have been consolidated in multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings in the Southern District of West Virginia.
[1] In Re Ethicon Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, 12-MD-02327, U.S. District Court, S.D. of West Virginia (Charleston).
[2] Feeley, J. "J&J Found to Have Improperly Destroyed Vaginal-Mesh Files (1)," Feb. 5, 2014.
[1] In Re Ethicon Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, 12-MD-02327, U.S. District Court, S.D. of West Virginia (Charleston).
[2] Feeley, J. "J&J Found to Have Improperly Destroyed Vaginal-Mesh Files (1)," Feb. 5, 2014.
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