Legal Opinion
Hammons, P. v. Ethicon, Inc.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 19, 2018No. 1522 EDA 2016; 1526 EDA 2016PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY STABILE, J.:
In this product liability action, Appellants, Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon's parent company (collectively "Ethicon") and Appellee, Patricia Hammons ("Hammons"), appeal and cross-appeal, respectively, from a judgment of $12,850,945.18 entered in favor of Hammons in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Hammons alleged that she suffered injuries caused by Ethicon's negligent design of, and failure to provide adequate warnings about, the Prolift Kit, a medical product used to treat prolapsed pelvic organs. Appellants challenge the trial court's denial of…
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