New York, NY (PRWEB) June 26, 2013
Surgical mesh lawsuit claims are continuing to move forward in a number of federal litigations at present underway in the Southern District of West Virginia, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports.

According to court documents, a federal multi-district litigation for claims involving transvaginal mesh manufactured by Cook Healthcare, Inc. was authorized on June 11th by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The initial status conference for this proceeding has been scheduled for August 1st at 9:00 a.m.* (In Re: Cook Medical, Inc., Pelvic Repair Technique Goods Liability Litigation – MDL No. 2440)

Lawsuits alleging injuries brought on by the companys mesh are now pending in the federal proceeding underway in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, where claims involving merchandise from American Medical Systems, C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnsons Ethicon unit have currently been filed in separate litigations. On the date the Cook Health-related litigation was approved, court records indicate there had been 13 instances filed against the manufacturer in eight federal jurisdictions in the U.S.

Given how numerous women we hear from who have sustained mesh erosion, vaginal scarring and other injuries allegedly due to transvaginal mesh merchandise, we are not surprised that far more of these varieties of products are becoming the object of litigation, says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is actively filing transvaginal mesh lawsuits on behalf of women who allegedly suffered pain, vaginal scarring, mesh erosion, infection and other injuries.

Surgical Mesh Lawsuits

In addition to lawsuits now pending in the recently developed federal litigation involving Cook Health-related mesh devices, thousands of claims have been filed in the four other transvaginal mesh proceedings established in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. These lawsuits have been filed by women who allegedly seasoned complications stemming from mesh erosion by means of the vaginal tissue, which could manifest in infection, discomfort, vaginal scarring, and other injuries. As a result, plaintiffs in these circumstances allege they now endure a diminished quality of life.

Bernstein Liebhard LLP partner, Jeffrey S. Grand, is serving on the Plaintiffs Steering Committees in the following four federal vaginal mesh litigations: In re: American Health-related Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Merchandise Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2325) In re: Boston Scientific Corp., Pelvic Repair Systems Items Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2326) In re: C.R. Bard, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2187) and In re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation ( MDL No. 2327).

The scrutiny surrounding this class of devices has continued to mount given that 2008, when the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its initial public overall health alert warning the public that it had received far more than 1,000 adverse event reports from women implanted with the surgical material.** In 2011, the agency revised its stance on the frequency of these complications to occur from rare to not uncommon following finding that the number of complaints from vaginal mesh individuals improved 5-fold over a period of 3 years.***

Girls who could have been injured by transvaginal mesh may be eligible to get compensation for out-of-pocket medical costs, as well as lost wages, pain and suffering and other damages. Find out far more about surgical mesh lawsuits by going to Bernstein Liebhard LLP’s site. To speak with a mesh lawyer straight, call 800-511-5092.

*wvsd.uscourts.gov/MDL/2440/pdfs/PTO_1.pdf
**fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm079028.htm
***fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Security/AlertsandNotices/PublicHealthNotifications/ucm061976.htm

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