Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update: Federal Ethicon MDL Status Conference Coming Up in West Virginia, Rottenstein Law Group LLP Reports
(PRWEB) August 27, 2013 -- Transvaginal mesh lawsuits involving Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon are progressing in federal court in West Virginia, according to court documents. The Rottenstein Law Group LLP, a vaginal mesh law firm, encourages those interested in more information on mesh lawsuits to visit its Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits Center.
The next status conference, in which pretrial proceedings will be discussed, will be held at 10 a.m. on Sept. 19, according to court documents (In Re Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation; MDL-2327, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia).
There are more than 10,000 lawsuits consolidated into what is called a “multidistrict litigation,” which allows for efficiency in pretrial matters such as document discovery.* According to court documents, women are filing vaginal mesh lawsuits alleging they suffered such common harms as erosion, pain and severe discomfort.
The Rottenstein Law Group LLP encourages those who believe they have suffered from the alleged side effects of their transvaginal mesh implants to visit the firm’s FAQ page for quick answers to questions about mesh harms and lawsuits.
*Mentor Corp., MDL-2004, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. C.R. Bard, American Medical Systems, Boston Scientific, Ethicon, Coloplast and Cook Medical, MDLs-2187, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2387 and 2440, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
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