Transvaginal Mesh: Overview
Mesh Manufacturers in Talks to Settle
Five mesh manufacturers are said to be moving towards settlement over transvaginal mesh lawsuits that have been consolidated into multi-district litigation in West Virginia. The manufacturers that are involved in the talks are C.R. Bard, Endo Health Solutions, Boston Scientific Corporation, Coloplast Corporation, and Cook Medical Inc. Most of the companies face over 12,000 lawsuits,…
Federal Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Consolidated in Multidistrict Litigation
Federal lawsuits against the following manufacturers of transvaginal mesh have been consolidated in an MDL before U.S. District Judge Joseph Gordon in Charleston, West Virginia: C.R. Bard: MDL # 2187 (approximately 2,938 lawsuits) American Medical Systems: MDL # 2325 (approximately 6,028 lawsuits) Boston Scientific: MDL # 2326 (approximately 3,557 lawsuits) Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson subsdiary):…
Damages that May Be Recovered in TVM Case
With multi-million dollar verdicts for TVM cases making news, it is easy to wonder what your TVM case might be worth. It is important to keep in mind that no matter how big the verdicts in these individual cases are, each case is very fact-specific. In the Johnson & Johnson Ethicon case, the woman…
Transvaginal Mesh Information
Transvaginal Mesh has been used to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in hundreds of thousands of women. More than 200,000 women undergo surgery to repair POP each year, and another 135,000 will undergo a surgical procedure to correct SUI. Many women who trusted their doctors to perform surgeries that would correct…
