On August 2, 2018, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL for the federal lawsuits alleging injury caused by polypropylene hernia mesh products manufactured by C.R. Bard Inc. and subsidiary Davol Inc. (The alleged injuries include adhesions, damage to organs, inflammatory and allergic responses, foreign body rejection, migration, infections and other injury.) In...
Lawsuits continue to be filed against various hernia mesh manufacturers, including for example, cases resulting from injuries alleged to be caused by Physiomesh, sold by Ethicon, Inc./Johnson & Johnson, and C-Qur, sold by Atrium Medical Corporation. The lawsuits alleged that various hernia mesh products are defective and that manufacturers such as Ethicon and Atrium failed...
On June 2, 2017, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL for the federal lawsuits alleging injury caused by the synthetic hernia repair product, Physiomesh, filed against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson. In the June 2nd order, the JPML ordered the transfer of the cases to the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
On May 25, 2017 the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will hold a hearing on the motion filed by claimants/plaintiffs to create a new MDL for the Physiomesh Flexible Composite hernia mesh cases filed against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson. A MDL is a type of legal proceeding that helps federal courts efficiently manage many...
Lawsuits have been filed and many more are expected to be filed resulting from injuries alleged to be caused by the synthetic hernia repair product, Physiomesh, sold by Ethicon, Inc./Johnson & Johnson, (as well as C-Qur, sold by Atrium Medical Corporation). The lawsuits alleged that these hernia mesh products are defective and that Ethicon and...
