Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against defective surgical mesh used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in women. C.R. Bard is one major manufacturer and a Georgia law firm has filed to consolidate lawsuits from Florida, Georgia, and Indiana into multidistrict litigation in West Virginia. The request is for the 29 product liability lawsuits to join the hundreds filed and consolidated last October in Charleston, West Virginia.
Manufacturer C.R. Bard is the named defendant along with its subsidiary, Covidien.
The allegedly defective devices that injured women include the Pelvicol, PelviSoft, Pelvitex, Uretex, Align, or PelviLace products. The cases already pending in West Virginia include other Bard mesh products, including the Avaulta Biosynthetic, Avaulta Plus, and Avaulta Solo, as well as non-Avaulta products. (MDL 2187)
The product liability action alleges the surgical mesh is defective in its design and manufacturers failed to provide appropriate warnings of the risks associated with its use. In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a notification that it had received thousands of reports of adverse events or injuries associated with mesh from nine different manufacturers. Complications include erosion, infection, pain, bleeding, and repeated surgeries to have the mesh removed.
Product Liability – Transvaginal Mesh Complications
A Florida product liability lawsuit can be filed when any product is defective in its design, its manufacture, or its instructions which results in injury. Those named can include the manufacturer, the designer, and anyone in the distribution line.
More than 75,000 women a year are implanted with this defective product which never went through an approval process within the FDA for safety. Instead, it was approved for sale through an exchange of paperwork.
The Florida transvaginal mesh lawyers at Farah & Farah are talking to women injured by surgical mesh from all manufacturers which remains on the market for now. Please have a conversation with us at the first sign of pain and complications. A statute of limitations may exist on your case so a complimentary consultation as soon as possible is recommended. Call 1-800-533-3555 and we’ll be happy to set up a meeting.
Source: http://www.wvsd.uscourts.gov/MDL/Avaulta/index.html; http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/bard-pelvic-mesh-lawsuits-in-avaulta-mdl-21215/
