(October 8, 2015, 1:32 PM EDT) -- STATESVILLE, N.C. — A trial involving a Boston Scientific Corp. pelvic mesh device got under way Oct. 6 in a North Carolina federal court (Ramona Winebarger, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corp., No. 15-57, W.D. N.C.).

In 2010, Martha Carlson, then 65, was implanted with an Uphold pelvic mesh device made by Boston Scientific to treat her pelvic organ prolapse.

After partial summary judgment in April, the case went to trial on Carlson’s remaining claims of negligent design defect, breach of implied warranty of merchantability and...