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...
TRANSFER OF FEDERAL PHYSIOMESH HERNIA REPAIR LAWSUITS TO GEORGIA
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...
Hernia Mesh Complications – Litigation Update
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...
Defective Surgical Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Continue to Be Filed
Lawsuits have been filed and many more are expected to be filed 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 these hernia mesh products are defective and that Ethicon and Atrium failed to warn patients and their...