Third Time Win for Boston Scientific Over TVM Lawsuit

Third Time Win for Boston Scientific Over TVM Lawsuit

Introduction

A 15 member Massachusetts jury ruled in favor of Boston Scientific over its pelvic mesh litigation, indicating that a plaintiff was given a proper warning about the adverse effects of the transvaginal mesh.

A couple of Nevada filed a product liability lawsuit in August 2012, claiming Boston's Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit and the Obtryx Sling System-Halo used for treating incontinence were defectively designed. The woman was implanted with the transvaginal sling in December 2010. Later, she developed serious complications as the mesh eroded causing chronic UTIs, the return of prolapse, incontinence, and dyspareunia. The manufacturers make use of a plastic called polypropylene, which is not suitable for the human body. Boston faces several lawsuits against its TVM products for causing serious irreversible injuries to patients. By the end of 2016, Boston settled about 19,000 lawsuits from roughly 40,000 cases filed against three versions of its TVM and five versions of transvaginal slings.

Similar lawsuits are consolidated as a part of multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2326: In Re: Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation) presided over by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.