Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit News: Canadian Regulator Issues New Alert for Transvaginal Mesh, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports
New York, new York (PRWEB) May 14, 2014 -- As tens of thousands of vaginal mesh lawsuits (http://www.transvaginalmeshlawsuithelp.com/) continue to move forward in U.S. courts, Bernstein Liebhard LLP notes that the Canadian regulator, Health Canada, has issued an alert detailing the serious risks associated with transvaginal mesh devices used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. In a May 13th Notice to Hospitals, the agency said it continues to receive reports of serious and life-altering complications involving these products, including complaints of acute or chronic pain, mesh erosion (extrusion or exposure), mesh contraction (shrinkage) infection, voiding dysfunction, dyspareunia (pain during sexual intercourse), organ or blood vessel perforation, neuromuscular damage, bleeding or hemorrhage, and recurrent prolapse or incontinence.*
“Our Firm is representing hundreds of women who have allegedly suffered transvaginal mesh complications similar to those described in the Health Canada alert,” says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm continues to offer free legal reviews to women who suffered mesh erosion, pain, scarring, infection and other serious vaginal mesh complications, allegedly due to transvaginal mesh products manufactured by American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., C.R. Bard, Inc. and Ethicon, Inc.
Transvaginal Mesh Complications
The Health Canada notification comes just days after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) proposed reclassifying transvaginal mesh used in prolapse repair as a high-risk medical device. According to a statement released by the agency on April 29th, the proposed reclassification was prompted by a review which “identified clear risks associated with surgical mesh for the transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse.”
According to court documents, more than 50,000 vaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed in multiple litigations currently underway in U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, including American Medical Systems, Inc. (MDL No. 2325), Boston Scientific Corp. (MDL No. 2326), C.R. Bard, Inc. (MDL No. 2187) and Ethicon, Inc. (MDL No. 2327). Jeffrey S. Grand, a partner with Bernstein Liebhard LLP, is serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for these proceedings. All of the complaints pending in the Southern District of West Virginia allege that the companies’ transvaginal mesh products caused thousands of women to suffer debilitating injuries, and accuse the defendants of failing to provide adequate warnings regarding their risk.
In addition to his work on the federal proceeding, 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 was harmed by the Ethicon Gynecare Prolift device. (In re: Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 6341-10; In re: Pelvic Mesh Litigation/Bard, No. L-6339-10)
Alleged victims of serious transvaginal mesh complications may be entitled to file their own vaginal mesh lawsuit against the company that marketed the device. To learn more about this ongoing litigation, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP’s website. To obtain a free, confidential and no-obligation case review, please call 800-511-5092.
*healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2014/39475a-eng.php, Health Canada, May 13, 2014
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