$120 Million Transvaginal Mesh Verdict

  $120 Million Mesh Verdict

$120 Million was awarded to a transvaginal mesh plaintiff on April 24, 2019. The jury found that Ethicon, the Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, negligently designed the pelvic mesh implant forcing Susan McFarland to suffer with incontinence and chronic pain that prevented her from having sex with her husband for over ten years. The TVT-O implanted in 2008 sawed through the soft tissue in Susan’s pelvis and was exposed in her vagina. She was eventually forced to undergo a second surgery to remove a portion of the implant. This is the second trial for the McFarland couple as the first jury deadlocked in September 2018, resulting in a retrial.