In Re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation

Summary

This was the first case to go to trial involving pelvic mesh products manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon. Plaintiff Linda Gross claims the Prolift mesh she received to treat bladder control issues caused her pain and additional injuries, and could not be fully removed despite further surgery.

Outcome

Damages:2,350,000
Punitive: 7,760,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Gross, Linda
Defense: Johnson & Johnson
Verdict: $10,110,000

Judge: Carol Higbee
Jurisdiction: New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County
Court: Atlantic County Civil Courthouse

Case Number: 291 CT
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Gross, Linda

Represented By:
Slater, Adam (Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman)
Mazie, David (Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman)

Defense

Johnson & Johnson

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Slater, Adam
01:45:32	End of Session
01:45:14	General Case Activities

PM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Ciarrocca, Scott	In Person
01:04:08	Break
01:25:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Ciarrocca, Scott	In Person
02:45:23	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
00:57:23	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
01:09:51	Break
01:21:22	General Case Activities		Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
01:29:11	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Kammerer, Dr. Gene Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:21:33	End of Session
01:09:29	General Case Activities
01:24:36	General Case Activities	Slater, Adam	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
01:26:02	General Case Activities

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:02:38	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
01:05:22	Break
01:31:19	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
01:45:21	Break
01:50:41	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
02:41:19	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
03:29:42	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
01:09:12	Break
01:30:45	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
01:47:14	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
02:01:21	Break
02:01:11	General Case Activities

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
00:08:27	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
01:33:34	Break
02:00:06	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
02:24:39	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gage, William	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
02:01:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
02:35:14	End of Session

JAN

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:13	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
01:05:09	Break
01:27:08	Witness Cross Examination	Sutherland, Kari	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
02:21:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
02:38:18	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:04:24	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	O'Bryan, Sean	Video Recording
00:35:37	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Fiegen, Dr. Michael MD	Video Recording
01:13:27	Break
01:26:14	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Fiegen, Dr. Michael MD	Video Recording
01:50:00	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:49:23	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Fiegen, Dr. Michael MD	Transcript Reading

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:03	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Schott, Susan PhD	Video Recording
01:02:39	Break
01:20:42	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Schott, Susan PhD	Video Recording
01:45:18	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Schott, Susan PhD	Video Recording
02:37:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Schott, Susan PhD	Video Recording
02:41:29	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
02:40:56	General Case Activities

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:43	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Provder, Edmond	In Person
00:39:56	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Provder, Edmond	In Person
00:43:23	Break
01:12:47	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Provder, Edmond	In Person
01:40:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Provder, Edmond	In Person
01:52:19	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Tinari, Dr. Frank PhD	In Person
02:30:58	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Tinari, Dr. Frank PhD	In Person
02:53:42	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:44:11	Break
01:51:53	General Case Activities
02:51:53	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Tinari, Dr. Frank PhD	In Person

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:33	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Benjamin	Muhl, Dr. Thomas PhD	In Person
01:08:58	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Muhl, Dr. Thomas PhD	In Person
01:50:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Benjamin	Muhl, Dr. Thomas PhD	In Person
01:56:13	Break
02:01:34	General Case Activities
02:02:32	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:55:47	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gage, William	Muhl, Dr. Thomas PhD	In Person

JAN

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Gross, Mrs. Linda	In Person
01:11:25	Break
01:32:28	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Gross, Mrs. Linda	In Person
01:55:06	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Gross, Mrs. Linda	In Person
02:37:35	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Gross, Mrs. Linda	In Person
00:48:43	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Gross, Mrs. Linda	In Person
00:57:37	Break
01:21:54	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Retterath, Dr. Patrick MD	Video Recording
01:53:06	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Retterath, Dr. Patrick MD	Video Recording
02:02:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Retterath, Dr. Patrick MD	Video Recording
02:08:25	End of Session
01:21:31	General Case Activities
02:06:32	General Case Activities

JAN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Benjamin	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person
00:40:11	Break
01:27:26	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Benjamin	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person
03:02:19	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person
01:20:35	Break
01:44:57	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person
02:48:31	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Benjamin	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person
03:42:37	End of Session
02:42:32	General Case Activities
03:37:27	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Gage, William	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person
03:41:42	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Benjamin	Klinge, Dr. Uwe Ph.D., M.D.	In Person

FEB

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Robinson, Dr. David MD	Video Recording
01:04:27	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Jones, Scott	Video Recording
01:15:29	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Everett, Jeff	Video Recording
01:19:35	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Lake, Ms. Jacalynn	Video Recording
01:44:05	End of Session
01:02:37	General Case Activities

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
01:25:31	Break
01:49:00	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
02:31:47	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
01:28:57	Break
01:52:05	Witness Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
02:32:36	End of Session

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
00:05:40	Break
00:23:48	Witness Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
01:33:31	Break
01:48:20	Witness Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
02:29:54	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
02:59:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person
03:10:33	End of Session
03:10:13	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Murphy, Dr. Miles MD	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
00:43:31	Break		Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
02:57:51	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
03:23:38	End of Session
02:57:21	General Case Activities

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:09	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
01:10:42	Break
01:38:53	Witness Cross Examination	Slater, Adam	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
02:32:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person
02:41:46	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:38:06	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Hinoul, Dr. Piet M.D.	In Person

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Raders, Dr. James MD	Video Recording
		00:44:12	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	O'Bryan, Sean	Video Recording
00:14:15	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Owens, Dr. Charlotte MD	Video Recording
00:33:52	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Kavaler, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
01:05:41	Break
01:38:37	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Kavaler, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
02:10:51	End of Session
00:31:06	General Case Activities

FEB

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Closings

3 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

5 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

PM Session

Other

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:35	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
01:00:32	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
01:06:16	Break
01:32:46	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
02:19:28	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Benson, Dr. Kevin MD	Video Recording
02:35:21	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

FEB

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Other

3 Chapters

PM Session

Other

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Jones, Christy	Gross, Mrs. Linda	Transcript Reading
00:56:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Gross, Mrs. Linda	Transcript Reading
01:02:24	End of Session

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

FEB

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Verdict

3 Chapters

PM Session

Verdict

2 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

AM Session

Openings - Damages

9 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es) - Damages

13 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Other

2 Chapters

FEB

AM Session

Verdict - Damages

3 Chapters

FEB

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

In Re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:37	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Ciarrocca, Scott	In Person
01:29:44	Break
01:58:58	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Ciarrocca, Scott	In Person
02:53:01	End of Session
00:11:48	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:40	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Likness, Dr. Clark M.D.	In Person
01:22:48	Break
01:57:58	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Likness, Dr. Clark M.D.	In Person
03:03:25	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:51	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
00:53:02	Break
01:19:48	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
03:11:27	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:24	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
00:48:10	Break
01:10:26	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Weber, Dr. Anne MD, MS	In Person
02:29:58	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:49	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
00:50:43	Break
01:36:01	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Pence, Dr. Peggy PhD	In Person
02:43:22	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:04	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Owens, Dr. Charlotte MD	Video Recording
01:12:21	Break
01:47:33	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Owens, Dr. Charlotte MD	Video Recording
02:07:29	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Retterath, Dr. Patrick MD	Video Recording
02:49:24	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:46:51	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:42	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Seltzer, Dr. Ronni MD	In Person
00:43:17	Witness Cross Examination	Crawford, Kelly	Seltzer, Dr. Ronni MD	In Person
01:21:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Seltzer, Dr. Ronni MD	In Person
01:35:41	Break
01:39:00	General Case Activities
01:39:52	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:27	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Arnaud, Dr. Axel MD	Video Recording
00:50:21	Break
01:17:17	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Arnaud, Dr. Axel MD	Video Recording
01:27:37	Break
02:13:16	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Arnaud, Dr. Axel MD	Video Recording
03:12:14	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Henderson, Matthew	Video Recording
03:27:21	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
02:11:00	General Case Activities
02:11:26	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Arnaud, Dr. Axel MD	Transcript Reading
03:11:01	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:21	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Kavaler, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
01:24:31	Break
01:56:55	Witness Direct Examination	Jones, Christy	Kavaler, Dr. Elizabeth MD	In Person
02:21:02	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
02:20:39	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney
00:01:24	Closing Statement	Jones, Christy
02:07:44	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:29	Witness Direct Examination	Slater, Adam	Gross, Mrs. Linda	Transcript Reading
01:02:35	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:06:16	End of Session
		00:03:46	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:48	Opening Statement	Slater, Adam
00:04:55	Opening Statement	Jones, Christy
00:11:16	Witness Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Tinari, Dr. Frank PhD	In Person
00:19:24	Witness Cross Examination	Gage, William	Tinari, Dr. Frank PhD	In Person
00:40:31	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:10:50	General Case Activities
00:37:56	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Mazie, David	Tinari, Dr. Frank PhD	In Person
00:40:22	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:12	Witness Direct Examination	Gage, William	Schneider, Mark	In Person
00:15:14	Witness Cross Examination	Mazie, David	Schneider, Mark	In Person
00:30:45	Break
00:37:42	Closing Statement	Jones, Christy
01:52:31	Closing Statement	Slater, Adam
02:39:27	Closing Statement	Mazie, David
02:49:04	General Case Activities
02:58:54	End of Session
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:29:06	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Gage, William	Schneider, Mark	In Person
00:30:00	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Mazie, David	Schneider, Mark	In Person
00:37:29	General Case Activities
01:30:57	Break

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Reading of the Verdict
		00:07:04	End of Session
		00:04:37	General Case Activities