KAISER v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 18-2944.

947 F.3d 996 (2020)

Barbara KAISER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON and Ethicon, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Jackson , Attorney, Edward A. Wallace , Attorney, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey Kuntz , Attorney, Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP, Kansas City, MO, Thomas O. Plouff , Attorney, Costello, McMahon, Burke & Murphy LTD., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Timothy Jackson , Attorney, Edward A. Wallace , Attorney, Mark R. Miller , Attorney, Wexler Wallace LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey Kuntz , Attorney, Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP, Kansas City, MO, Thomas O. Plouff , Attorney, Costello, McMahon, Burke & Murphy LTD., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Lisa Schiavo Blatt , Attorney, Katherine Moran Meeks , Attorney, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen D. Brody , Attorney, David Kendall Roberts , Attorney, Jason Zarrow , Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, R. Stanton Jones , Attorney, Stephen K. Wirth , Attorney, Samuel Callahan , Attorney, William Perdue , Attorney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Amy M. Pepke , Attorney, Butler Snow LLP, Memphis, TN, Mary Nold Larimore , Attorney, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Flaum, Kanne, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Barbara Kaiser had surgery to implant the Prolift Anterior Pelvic Floor Repair System, a transvaginal mesh medical device that supports the pelvic muscles. Within a few years of her surgery, Kaiser began experiencing severe pelvic pain, bladder spasms, and pain during intercourse. Her physician attributed these conditions to...

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