Wednesday, June 5, 2019
PA: J&J Subsidiary Loses Motion to Move Mesh Mass Tort Cases from Philly
Citing media coverage, Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, filed a motion to move consolidated pelvic mesh cases outside of Philadelphia and the five counties surrounding it. In the past few months, several large verdicts have been returned against Ethicon in Philly. Court of Common Pleas Judge Arnold New denied the motion in a one-page order that did not provide reasoning. The Legal Intelligencer has the story.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2019/06/pa-jj-subsidiary-loses-motion-to-move-mesh-mass-tort-cases-from-philly.html