SALINERO v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 20-10900.

995 F.3d 959 (2021)

Charlotte SALINERO, Dr. Efrain Salinero, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Ethicon, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathew Daniel Gutierrez , Daniel J. DiMatteo , James L. Ferraro , James Louis Ferraro, Jr. , Leslie Rothenberg , The Ferraro Law Firm, PA, Miami, FL, Gabriel Santiago Saade , The Saade Law Firm, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Susanna Moldoveanu , Butler Snow, LLP, Memphis, TN, Charles A. Byrd , Chad R. Hutchinson , Butler Snow, LLP, Ridgeland, MS, Paul V. Cassisa, Jr. , Kari L. Sutherland , Butler Snow LLP, Oxford, MS, Philip J. Combs , Thomas Combs & Spann, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Shayna S. Cook , Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrea Cox , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Miami, FL, Andrew Russell Kruppa , Amanda Elizabeth Preston , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Miami, FL, Nils Burton Snell , Butler Snow LLP, Fort Washington, PA, Michael Andrew Snowden , Butler Snow LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LAGOA, ANDERSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


In 2012, Charlotte Salinero underwent surgery to address pelvic organ prolapse. Her doctor, Jaime Sepulveda, implanted Artisyn Y-Mesh, a polypropylene mesh designed and manufactured by Ethicon, Inc. But after surgery, Mrs. Salinero suffered new health issues, which she attributed to the mesh implant. She underwent surgery...

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