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# Jury Awards $35 Million in Pelvic Mesh Case
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/jury-awards-35-million-in-pelvic-mesh-case/
- Published: 2018-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T23:29:11.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5140962

A jury in Northern District of Indiana federal court has returned a $35 million verdict in favor of plaintiffs **Barbara** and **Anton Kaiser** for alleged injuries Barbara suffered from Ethicon’s Prolift transvaginal mesh. The nine jurors found that the company negligently designed the device and failed to adequately warn about its risks. The company says it will appeal the decision.

The Kaisers sued Ethicon in 2012 after learning that the Prolift mesh her doctor implanted in 2009 to treat Barbara’s pelvic organ prolapse might be the source of her low pelvic pain. The lawsuit accused Ethicon of concealing the problems with Prolift, which allegedly include high failure, injury, and complication rates and “frequent and often debilitating re-operations,” according to the complaint. Prolift “caused severe and irreversible injuries, conditions, and damage to a significant number of women, including plaintiff,” it said.