It is anticipated that Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon subsidiary will try to appeal the high verdict, and it will be a verdict on appeal case at that point. However, the manufacturer still faces thousands of claims. More than 30,000 plaintiffs have filed lawsuits against Ethicon with similar claims, most of which have been consolidated under multidistrict litigation in the Southern District of West Virginia under U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin (MDL 2327). Ethicon is not the only mesh manufacturer to have thousands of claims against them; other manufacturers include: Boston Scientific, C.R. Bard, and American Medical Systems. Johnson & Johnson, however, in comparison to the other mesh manufacturers, have yet to really attempt to resolve the lawsuits, whereas the other mesh manufacturers have attempted to settle or have settled many of the cases filed against them. A few hundred cases against Ethicon are likely to be prepared for trial throughout 2016.