Bankruptcy Trustee Can’t Claim $45,000 Ethicon Pelvic Mesh Settlement

(February 27, 2018, 1:15 PM EST) -- RUTLAND, Vt. — A Vermont federal bankruptcy judge on Feb. 23 ruled that a bankruptcy trustee cannot lay claim to a $45,000 Ethicon Inc. pelvic mesh settlement because, under state law, the plaintiff’s injury was not known and the settlement was not realized until after her bankruptcy case settled (In Re:  Brenda L. Vasquez, No. 10-10806,  D. Vt. Bkcy., 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 498)....

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