Power Morcellator Upstaged Woman’s Uterine Cancer, Lawsuit Alleges

A new product liability lawsuit has been brought against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary, by a woman who alleges that the company’s Gynecare power morcellator caused her undiagnosed uterine cancer to spread throughout her body during a laparoscopic hysterectomy. The power morcellation lawsuit was filed by Babette Davis in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on January 27, and alleges that Ethicon failed to disclose the risk of leiomyosarcoma cancer being spread by power morcellators used during hysterectomy and myomectomy (uterine fibroid removal) surgeries. Contact a reputable attorney as...