Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit News: Ethicon Gynecare Prolift Bellwether Cases Chosen, Trials Pushed Back, Rottenstein Law Group LLP Reports
(PRWEB) February 03, 2014 -- By order dated January 29, Judge Joseph Goodwin, who is overseeing the multidistrict litigation of federal lawsuits involving the Ethicon GYNECARE PROLIFT vaginal mesh product (case no. 2:12-md-02327), selected two cases to be tried before the others. The court named Diane M. Bellew v. Ethicon (case no. 2:13-cv-22473) and Brenda Lehrer v. Ethicon (case no. 2:12-cv-08157) as bellwether cases and ordered trial of Ms. Bellew’s case to begin on December 4, 2014. The court had previously ordered trial of bellwether cases to begin in August. The Rottenstein Law Group LLP, which represents victims in vaginal mesh lawsuits offers insight into the utility of bellwether cases at the firm’s website gynecareproliftmeshlawsuit.net
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon’s vaginal mesh lawsuits are progressing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The Rottenstein Law Group LLP notes that while there are six different transvaginal mesh lawsuit consolidations for as many manufacturers, Ethicon is the only company not reportedly involved in mass settlement talks, according to a November 30, 2013 Bloomberg report.*
The Rottenstein Law Group LLP encourages those who believe they have suffered from the alleged side effects of their vaginal mesh implants to visit the firm’s transvaginal mesh lawsuits FAQ page to learn about vaginal mesh compensation and settlements and lawsuits. For updates on lawsuit news, visit RLG's transvaginal mesh Facebook page.
Women are filing transvaginal mesh lawsuits alleging they suffered from adverse side effects such as pain and discomfort, in addition to device erosion, according to court documents. Vaginal mesh products were designed to enable doctors to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.
*bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-30/bard-vaginal-mesh-makers-said-to-be-in-settlement-talks.html
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