Ethicon Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Move Forward, As Court Schedules Hearing On Preservation of Explanted Mesh, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports
New York, New York (PRWEB) May 30, 2014 -- Thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits (http://www.injurybeacon.com/transvaginal-mesh/lawsuit/) involving products manufactured by Ethicon, Inc. continue to move forward in the federal multidistrict litigation underway in U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. According to an Order issued on May 29th, the Court has scheduled a hearing on a Defense Motion Requiring Preservation of Explanted Mesh. The hearing will take place on June 13, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in Huntington, West Virginia.
“We are representing numerous women who have allegedly suffered serious vaginal mesh complications due to Ethicon products. We are pleased to see the federal litigation moving forward,” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm continues to investigate transvaginal mesh lawsuits on behalf of women who suffered serious complications, allegedly due to products marketed by Ethicon and other manufacturers.
Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Court records indicate that nearly 18,000 claims have been filed against Ethicon in the Southern District of West Virginia, all of which allege the company’s pelvic mesh products caused recipients to suffer serious vaginal mesh complications, including chronic pain, mesh erosion, and organ damage. Plaintiffs further allege that the devices were defectively designed and inadequately tested, and that Ethicon did not provide doctors and patients with appropriate warnings regarding their risks. Bernstein Liebhard LLP partner, Jeffrey S. Grand, is serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Ethicon proceeding.
According to court documents, Ethicon is just one of several defendants involved in vaginal mesh litigations in the Southern District of West Virginia, where more than 55,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed. Mr. Grand is also serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees in proceedings involving: American Medical Systems, Inc. (MDL No. 2325); Boston Scientific Corp., (MDL No. 2326); and C.R. Bard, Inc., (MDL No. 2187).
Mr. Grand is also serving as Co-Liaison Counsel in two multicounty litigations underway in New Jersey Superior Court for transvaginal mesh lawsuits involving products marketed by C.R. Bard and Ethicon. He was also a member of the Plaintiff’s trial team on the first Ethicon trial in that proceeding, which ended in March with a jury awarding $11 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman who suffered vaginal mesh complications related to the Ethicon Gynecare Prolift device. (In re: Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 6341-10; In re: Pelvic Mesh Litigation/Bard, No. L-6339-10)
Women who allegedly suffered serious vaginal mesh complications following surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence may be entitled to file their own vaginal mesh lawsuit. To learn more about the potential risks associated with transvaginal mesh, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP’s website, or the Firm's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/meshlawsuit. To obtain a free, confidential and no-obligation case review, please call 800-511-5092.
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