Joshua S. Kincannon is Counsel in Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.'s Defective Drug & Device litigation team. Josh has recovered millions of dollars in recoveries for victims of defective medical device implants throughout the country. His practice centers on representing victims injured by defective medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs in addition to other serious personal injuries, wrongful death cases, and class actions.
Josh has a long track record of success managing medical device and drug cases. Results achieved in prior matters are not meant to be a guarantee of success as the facts and legal circumstances vary from matter to matter. In 2018, he was appointed as lead counsel in the In re Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh Multi-County Litigation in New Jersey. In 2019, he was appointed as lead counsel in the In re Proceed Mesh Multi-County Litigation in New Jersey. In 2020, Josh was appointed as lead counsel in the In re Prolene Hernia System Multi-County Litigation. Previously, he was appointed as co-lead counsel for all plaintiffs in the Depuy ASR Hip Implant Multi-County Litigation in New Jersey. Those cases settled with aggregate recoveries valued at $2.5 billion. Josh also served on the Science Committee for the Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Multi-County Litigation for the State of New Jersey. These cases settled for $1 billion, including the largest individual base award for a hip implant in any mass tort settlement in the country. Results achieved in prior matters are not meant to be a guarantee of success as the facts and legal circumstances vary from matter to matter.
As a young associate, Josh identified and developed a product liability claim against the makers of the Artelon Spacer thumb implant. He was the first attorney in the country to file a case against the manufacturers of this defective product. These cases were consolidated as a Mass Tort known as the In re Artelon Spacer Implant Litigation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The victims agreed to a confidential settlement. Swedish defendant Artimplant AB filed for bankruptcy and no longer sells this implant in the United States. Results achieved in prior matters are not meant to be a guarantee of success as the facts and legal circumstances vary from matter to matter.
Earlier in his career, Josh worked with plaintiffs’ liaison counsel in a historic consumer fraud national class action, Talalai v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., a case that resulted in a settlement valued between $1 billion and $3 billion to consumers. Results achieved in prior matters are not meant to be a guarantee of success as the facts and legal circumstances vary from matter to matter.
Articles
- "A Patient's Medical Records Are Just That," National Paralegal Reporter, Fall 2018 and New Jersey Law Journal, October 9, 2017
- "Confessions of a Trial Lawyer," New Jersey State Bar Association: Product Liability and Mass Tort Section Newsletter, July 18, 2016
Results achieved in prior matters are not meant to be a guarantee of success as the facts and legal circumstances vary from matter to matter.
- Ethicon Proceed and PHS confidential global settlement for approximately 3,600 plaintiffs.
- Appointed co-lead counsel for all plaintiffs in the Depuy ASR Hip Implant Multi-County Litigation in New Jersey. This litigation settled with a settlement valued at $2.5 billion dollars.
- Appointed to the Science Committee for the Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Multi-County Litigation for the State of New Jersey. These cases settled for $1 billion, including the largest individual base award for a hip implant in any mass tort settlement in the country.
- Worked with plaintiffs’ liaison counsel in a historic consumer fraud national class action, Talalai v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., a case that resulted in a settlement valued between $1 billion and $3 billion to consumers.