Maria Cardenas v. Boston Scientific Corp

Summary

In this pelvic mesh product liability suit, plaintiff was the recipient of defendant's Obtryx pelvic mesh device to treat stress incontinence. Plaintiff claims that the product's defective design and defendant's failure to warn plaintiff's physician of the product's dangers led to its use and its eventual erosion inside her causing her pain and medical complications.
Defendant argues the product's design is proven safe and that plaintiff's physician was adequately warned of the risk of erosion.

Outcome

Verdict for defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Cardenas, Maria
Defense: Boston Scientific Corp.

Judge: Diane Kottmyer
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex County
Court: Middlesex County Superior Court

Case Number: MICV2012-02912
Industry: Health care
Practice Area: Products Liability

Plaintiff

Cardenas, Maria

Defense

Boston Scientific Corp.

Represented By:
Anielak, Eric (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
Murphy, Susan (Murphy & Riley. P.C.)
Keenan, Matthew (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:50	General Case Activities
00:31:36	Break
00:51:58	General Case Activities
00:54:32	General Case Activities
00:56:26	Witness Direct Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Matusovsky, Maya	Video Recording
01:04:32	Witness Direct Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Rao, Doreen	In Person
02:19:27	Break
02:41:36	General Case Activities	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"
02:43:49	Witness Direct Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Rao, Doreen	In Person
04:04:24	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Rao, Doreen	In Person
00:18:49	Witness Cross Examination	Anielak, Eric	Rao, Doreen	In Person
01:15:29	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Rao, Doreen	In Person
01:32:57	General Case Activities		Rao, Doreen	In Person
01:33:44	General Case Activities	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Rao, Doreen	In Person
01:37:36	Witness Direct Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Childs, Dr. Lane M.D.	Transcript Reading
01:48:18	End of Session

AUG

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Susan	Culligan, Dr. Patrick M.D.	In Person
00:12:10	Witness Cross Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Culligan, Dr. Patrick M.D.	In Person
01:31:15	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Murphy, Susan	Culligan, Dr. Patrick M.D.	In Person
01:44:40	General Case Activities		Culligan, Dr. Patrick M.D.	In Person
01:55:45	General Case Activities
01:57:27	End of Session

AUG

PM Session

Closings

7 Chapters

PM Session

Other

2 Chapters

AUG

AM Session

Other

3 Chapters

AUG

PM Session

Verdict

5 Chapters

AUG

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Maria Cardenas v. Boston Scientific Corp

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:28:19	Witness Direct Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Cardenas, Maria	In Person
00:53:52	Witness Cross Examination	Murphy, Susan	Cardenas, Maria	In Person
01:31:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Cardenas, Maria	In Person
01:33:54	General Case Activities		Cardenas, Maria	In Person
01:38:13	General Case Activities		Cardenas, Maria	In Person
01:50:43	General Case Activities	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"
01:52:24	General Case Activities	Murphy, Susan
02:20:05	Break
02:36:51	General Case Activities
02:51:28	Witness Direct Examination	Keenan, Matthew	Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
04:15:48	General Case Activities
04:17:17	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:28	Witness Direct Examination	Keenan, Matthew	Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
00:09:44	Witness Cross Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
00:46:20	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Keenan, Matthew	Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
00:55:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
01:05:04	General Case Activities		Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
01:18:47	General Case Activities	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Badylak, Dr. Stephen M.D.	In Person
01:22:54	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Susan	Childs, Dr. Lane M.D.	Transcript Reading
02:16:47	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:12:56	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Susan	Childs, Dr. Lane M.D.	Transcript Reading
01:03:50	Witness Direct Examination	Keenan, Matthew	Spiegelberg, Dr. Stephen Ph.D.	In Person
02:02:16	Witness Cross Examination	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"	Spiegelberg, Dr. Stephen Ph.D.	In Person
02:28:15	General Case Activities		Spiegelberg, Dr. Stephen Ph.D.	In Person
02:33:28	Break
02:56:28	Witness Direct Examination	Anielak, Eric	Connor, Janice	In Person
04:06:15	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:58	Witness Direct Examination	Anielak, Eric	Connor, Janice	In Person
00:26:42	Witness Cross Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Connor, Janice	In Person
01:42:49	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anielak, Eric	Connor, Janice	In Person
01:46:44	General Case Activities	Keenan, Matthew
01:54:55	General Case Activities
02:02:21	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:56	Witness Direct Examination	Keenan, Matthew	Stout, Dr. Lisa M.D.	Transcript Reading
00:22:03	Witness Direct Examination	Keenan, Matthew	Anders, Dr. Suphithaya M.D.	Transcript Reading
01:14:08	General Case Activities
01:23:41	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Susan	Culligan, Dr. Patrick M.D.	In Person
01:41:33	Break
02:06:21	Witness Direct Examination	Murphy, Susan	Culligan, Dr. Patrick M.D.	In Person
03:23:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:04:06	Witness Direct Examination	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"	Finamore, Dr. Peter M.D.	In Person
00:12:41	Closing Statement	Keenan, Matthew
00:33:31	Closing Statement	Murphy, Susan
01:06:01	Closing Statement	Monsour, Douglas "Doug"
01:40:26	Closing Statement	Osborne, Joseph "Joe"
01:59:08	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:05:01	General Case Activities
		00:10:36	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:01:30	General Case Activities
		00:02:12	Reading of the Verdict
		00:03:17	General Case Activities
		00:04:50	End of Session
		00:00:00	General Case Activities