A jury in Texas ordered pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay a $1.2 million settlement for injuries sustained by one of its transvaginal mesh implants.
A Dallas state court ruled that J&J developed a faulty transvaginal mesh sling, the TVT-O, to treat urinary incontinence. The patient who won the lawsuit experienced severe pelvic pain as the device eroded inside her body, a potential hazard that the jury found J&J should have researched and rectified.