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...
Hernia Mesh Complications – Could This Be Causing Your Problems?
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...