Vaginal Mesh Helpline keeps you updated on all the latest vaginal mesh lawsuit news. It appears the Cook Medical Products and Cook Medical, Inc. vaginal mesh products may soon join those consolidated in the Southern District of West Virginia along with American Medical Systems, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson), and C.R. Bard.

Cook Medical Products  is  currently  defending more than 40 lawsuits involving its Surgisis and Stratasis vaginal mesh slings. On February 18, 2013, victims requested a motion for transfer of all federal cases to the vaginal mesh MDL. On March 13, 2013, Cook Medical submitted a response opposing  the consolidation.

Cook Vaginal Mesh Products

• Surgisis Biodesign mesh lawsuits,
• Stratasis mesh lawsuits

 Cook Vaginal Mesh

• Surgisis Biodesign Tension-Free Urethral Sling
• Surgisis Biodesign Anterior Pelvic Floor Graft
• Surgisis Biodesign Posterior Pelvic Floor Graft
• Cook Urological Stratasis Urethral Sling
• Stratasis Tension Free Urethral Sling

Vaginal Mesh helpline, vaginal mesh lawyers are filing lawsuits for women injured by the vaginal mesh. If you have been rejected due to the statute of limitations or other criteria call the Vaginal Mesh Helpline to speak to one of our experienced mesh lawyers today.

The vaginal mesh lawsuit bellwether trials have begun and the mesh lawsuits are heating up. You must file your mesh lawsuit immediately.

What are the Transvaginal Mesh Complications ?

• Erosion of vaginal tissue can result from a vaginal mesh
• Hardening of the vaginal mesh
• Infection is a serious mesh-patch complication
• Pain and discomfort
• Perforations of the bowel, bladder or blood vessels
• Recurrence of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
• Urinary problems and more severe incontinence
• Painful sexual intercourse
• Potential injury to the partner
• Feeling the mesh or pieces of substance in the vaginal canal
• Vaginal mesh erosion
• Increased incontinence
• Lower back pain
• Abdominal pain
• Gastrointesitnal discomfort
• Bladder and or bowel incontinence
• Difficulty voiding and the need for self catherizations
• Vaginal scarring

Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits Are  Against These Manufacturers

• C.R. Bard’s Avaulta
• Ethicon’s Gynecare
• American Medical Systems’ products:
• AMS Apogee
• AMS BioArc
• AMS Elvate
• In-Fast Unltra
• MiniArc
• Monarc
• AMS Perigee
• SPARC
• Straight-In mesh
• Boston Scientific Scimmed’s Pinnacle pelvic mesh
• Covidien
• Sofradim
• Caldera
• Mentor Corporation

To file a vaginal mesh lawsuit call us today.

A $3.35 Million partial verdict was handed down in first vaginal mesh trial.  This is good news for women who have suffered from a vaginal mesh implant. The Vaginal Mesh helpline hears horror stories every day and we applaud our first victory as the pathway to help other women whose lives have been ruined by the Prolene mesh. Vaginal mesh lawyers have been watching and agee this is good news for future trials.

The jury declared that  Johnson & Johnson should pay a South Dakota woman $3.35 million for failing to adequately warn her doctor of the potential dangers of a vaginal mesh implant made by the company’s Ethicon Inc subsidiary, and for misrepresenting the product in brochures.  It is the first verdict among some 1,800 vaginal mesh cases pending in New Jersey against Ethicon and J&J, and can potentially  set the way for  thousands of lawsuits and trial outcomes against  manufacturers of vaginal mesh implants.

February 25, 2013

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey state court jury has handed down a partial verdict of $3.35 million against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and its subsidiary, Ethicon Inc., at the end of the first pelvic mesh case to go to trial, Harris Martin Publishing is reporting.

In a Feb. 25 verdict, the jury found by a 7-2 vote that the manufacturers failed to adequately warn plaintiff Linda Gross’s implanting surgeon of the risks associated with the pelvic mesh and, additionally, that the device was the proximate cause of injury. By a 7-2 vote, the jury  was on our side.

We have been listening to 1000′s of women over months calling from all states and of all ages. Their marriages have been destroyed and they are suffering. The youngest was 33 and the oldest 86. We have heard from women, mothers, daughters, grandchildren , and friends for friends that are so debilitated they cannot come out of bed to call on their own. They need help from doctors and cannot afford surgeries to “Get the damn thing out”.

We demand justice on behalf of these women and are happy to see it is starting to happen. Can money change this? Atleast is will pay for medical care and send a message that manufacturers that use women to gain profits must end.

The first transvaginal mesh trial against C.R. Bard and its Avaulta Transvaginal Mesh product was set for February 5, 2013. The push is on to get Bard’s device and other vaginal mesh products off the market before they can do further harm. The Vaginal Mesh Helpline I watching and waiting with hopes of justice for the many women suffering from:

• Erosion of the mesh through the vaginal  wall
• Relentless  pain
• Exposure or extrusion of mesh
• Lower back pain and razor blade pain
• Painful sexual intercourse
• Perforation or puncture of the bladder, intestines and bowels, as well as blood vessels around the vaginal wall
• Recurrent Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP)
• Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)
• Urinary problems
• Vaginal bleeding
• Constant  discharge and infections
• Ruined lives and marriages
• Vaginal scarring and shortening

The First Stage of the Avaulta Mesh Lawsuit Trials

Dr Uwe Klinge, a world-renowned expert on the biocompatibility of surgical mesh, explained to a jury during a talk he delivered in 2005 to J&J. Dr Klinge told the manufacturer’s Ethicon unit that surgical mesh could only be safe for patients when used in the pelvis if it was very lightweight and had pores that were at least 1 millimeter in all directions. But Ethicon chose to ignore his advice. They marketed the Prolift vaginal mesh kit made with mesh that was larger and heavier than Dr. Klinge said it needed to be for patients’ safety.

We hope for a positive outcome for thousands of women harmed by failed mesh products. it is not too late for you if you have a Bard vaginal mesh. The outcome of this trial is just the beginning. File your mesh lawsuit today.

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Vaginal Mesh Helpline is keeping women informed with a mesh update on the all the new  vaginal mesh lawsuits. All vaginal mesh lawyers suggest filing your mesh lawsuit  right away. We do not want any women to be left out.

A 47-year-old former nurse, Gross testified that Ethicon’s Prolift vaginal mesh implant has rendered her unable to work, have sex with her husband, or sit comfortably for more than 20 minutes. (Gross v. Gynecare Inc., Atl-L-6966-10, Superior Court of Atlantic County, New Jersey.) Gross also said that, as a result of the Prolift mesh, she takes up to 20 medications a day and has undergone more than 400 medical encounters, including physical therapy sessions, doctor visits, and many surgeries.

The Charleston woman claims that she suffered serious complications after AMS surgery, when she was implanted with the Elevate transvaginal mesh back in January 2011. The lawsuit alleges that she suffered substantial physical pain and suffering, emotional distress, and economic loss due to medical expenses. These damages, according to the suit, were the direct result of the AMS transvaginal mesh manufacturer’s negligent and wrongful actions. Further, the defendants, AMS, allegedly knew about the risks involved with its transvaginal mesh product but failed to warn the plaintiff.

A Georgia women’s  doctor suggested the mesh when she mentioned that she had bladder leakage when she laughed or coughed. Shortly after the surgery, it felt like razors were slicing her organs and a sharp edge of the mesh cut her boyfriend during sex, she said. Even though she eventually had it removed, the 55-year-old west Georgia woman still has pain she believes is caused by the mesh.

According to court documents, on January 7th, 2013 a Minnesota woman filed a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court (case no. 0:2013cv00060) alleging she suffered serious complications from her Transvaginal Mesh. Transvaginal surgical mesh is used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI). Defendant is Boston Scientific and in the lawsuit, plaintiff claims that after surgical implantation with defendant’s Lynx sling she suffered complications.

Vaginal mesh Bell Weather Case Updates

The  first bellwether trials in the Transvaginal Mesh MDLs have been scheduled to start in December 2013. Defendants in the first three bellwether trials are American Medical Systems (AMS), Boston Scientific and Ethicon. (American Medical Systems is referred to as MDL 2325).

FDA Adverse Incident Reports On the Vaginal Mesh

The FDA received more than 1,000 complaints associated with trans vaginal mesh between 2005 and 2007. That number almost tripled between 2008 and 2010.

The Vaginal Mesh stories of suffering go on and on with more women filing lawsuits every day. The Vaginal Mesh Helpline has a mission, We must locate all women suffering from these Prolene mesh implants after 2001 and get them to a mesh lawyer to file their transvaginal mesh lawsuit today.

Be aware that all these devices have fancy names but they are all mesh. If you have a Prolene product implanted in you for prolapse or urinary incontinence call the Vaginal Mesh Helpline today. It is most likely one of these mesh devices that women are  filing vaginal mesh lawsuits for nationwide. Be aware you must move quickly. Statute of limitations for states are running close. If you have a current mesh lawyer call today and get and update. Find out who has your vaginal mesh file. Many lawyers may have referred your case out. Find out if your lawsuit was filed. Since the mesh is now a consolidated MDL it is extremely easy for lawyers to file the lawsuits. The Bellwether trials will begin soon…Do not be left out. Stay on top of things. if you need help or have questions call the Vaginal Mesh Helpline today. If you have received a rejection letter from a law firm do not give up hope. call us about your vaginal mesh lawsuit today. We will make every attempt to locate a vaginal mesh lawyer for you to take your case. But, these must be mesh implanted after 2001, closer to 2002.

They come under so many names manufactured by dozens of manufacturers but, the are all Prolene mesh and over 300,000 women have had them implanted. Some where aware of the implantation and others were just going in for a hysterectomy and came out with a mesh.

You have seen it on T.V and the lawsuits are being filed by the thousands as a multi district litigation consolidated in West Virginia for the most part. They are called a vaginal mesh, TVT sling, Transvaginal mesh, TVT, Bladder sling, pelvic mesh, Prolene mesh, surgical mesh, Bladder Neck Suspension Kit, SPARC Sling, MiniArc, Avaulta System, ProteGen Sling, ObTape, Desara Sling, IVS Tunneller I, Gynecare Prolift, TVT, Transvaginal Surgical mesh, Gynemesh, Polyform mesh, Apogee System, Perigee System, Pinnacle, and Advantage cystocele mesh, rectocele mesh, and are used for organ prolapse or urinary incontinence. Some women have one, some have two and some have three. Many have tried to get it removed only to find a new one has taken it's place. Women are in agony. Many can no longer work and others have seen their marriages fall apart. This Prolene mesh of many names makes it impossible to have rerlations without pain. Many women describe it as a knife cutting all the time. This is quite understandable as these synthetic plastic mesh placed inside a womens pelvic area are falling apart and eroding thru the vaginal wall. Many are eroding into the bladder and bowel causing a dangerous medical situation.

This mesh of many names has very severe complications. It can erode right thru the vaginal wall into the vaginal canal. Erode in it's simplest terms means cut right thru. The mesh causes relentless pain and infections that never stop. Many women have been on antibiotics for months on end which in and of itself is dangerous. The mesh can cause bleeding and the return of incontinence and prolapse with a vengence. This can be incontinence and re prolapse of the bladder or the bowel. There can be gastrointestinal problems, lower back pain, pain on one side, leg pain, neurological issues and the result is lives destroyed and severe emotional and psychological problems.

This mesh of many names has caused deaths. Some of these do to medical reasons and some do to choice in reaction to a sense of victimization that there appears to be no end to. Doctors are not listening, and if they have found one there is no longer insurance or funds for surgery. We have talked to women of all ages from 33 to 86. Who would put a mesh into a senior or a women still intent on having children is beyond me. We have spoken to women who have become pregnant with a piece of prolene mesh right there waiting for child birth. Some of it failing apart internally right in the pelvic region with very sharp edges.

With all the warnigs, stories and lawsuits the FDA has not recalled the mesh and many doctors are still putting it in. They believe the ones they put in will not fail. These are just not the ones that are falling apart. Somehow they are the magic doctor. Johnson and Johnson has pulled most of their Gynecare mesh products off the market under the Ethicon label and changed the labeling on one for warnings against vaginal implantation. However, this was just a business decision they say.  There was nothing wrong with the mesh at all.

Many names  yet, all a vaginal mesh.

• A Mesh is A Mesh Is A Mesh
• Pelvitex
• Pelvisoft
• Pelvilace or Pelvicol
• Utrtex
• Uretex TO
• Uretex TOO2
• Uretex TOO3
• A Mesh is a Mesh is A Mesh     
• TVT Exact
• TVT Abbrevo
• TVT Retropubic System
• TVT
• TVT Obturator
• TVT Secur
• Gynemesh PS
• Prolift
• Prolift+M
• MiniArc Precise Single-Incision Sling
• MiniArc Single Incision Sling
• Monarc Subfascial Hammock
• In-Fast Ultra Transvaginal Sling
• BioArc
• Sparc Self-Fixating Sling System
• Elevate
• Perigree
• Apogee
• Arise
• Tyco Covidian Duo
• Mentor ObTape
• Coloplast Mesh
• Pinnacle
• Advantage Fit
• Lynx
• Prefyx PPS
• Scientific Solyx

So many names, so many mesh so much pain and so much suffering.

If you have one of these mesh under so many different names it is still a mesh and you must come forward and fill your pelvic ,msh lawsuit immediately. The statute of limitations is running close. We cannot let anyone be left out. These mesh manufacturers must hear your voices and just must be sort for women everywhere with a mesh.

Vaginal Mesh Helpline is seeking women nationwide with a coloplast vaginal mesh to assist with locating a vaginal mesh lawyer for the Coloplast MDL vaginal mesh lawsuit. Leader ship roles have been assigned for lawyers in the coloplast MDL litigation.

Updated News On the Coloplast Vaginal Mesh

October 1, 2012 — Judge Joseph R. Goodwin has assigned leadership roles in the newly-formed Coloplast vaginal mesh Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). Three attorneys have been assigned Co-Lead Counsel roles on behalf of plaintiffs who were injured by Coloplast vaginal mesh. The MDL is currently located in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

After an MDL is formed, one of the first steps is assigning attorneys to play leadership roles. The Coloplast MDL was formed on August 6, 2012, by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigations (JPML). The JPML has assigned several vaginal mesh MDLs to Judge Goodwin’s court. The other MDLs are against manufacturers Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon), C.R. Bard, American Medical Systems, and Boston Scientific.

Judge Goodwin has already assigned leadership roles in the other MDLs. This includes a massive Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, which involves 60 attorneys assigned various duties. He has also assigned several attorneys to coordinate common issues among the five MDLs. There may be matters of fact and legal issues that are common to the various litigations, and coordinating these issues may expedite the litigation.

Judge Goodwin has expressed his desire to expedite the Coloplast MDL as much as possible, to catch up with the other MDLs that are already proceeding.

On September 21, Judge Goodwin assigned three attorneys to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in the Coloplast litigation. One of these attorneys was  Mark Mueller, od Austin Texas. He  will have many responsibilities in the litigation, including speaking for plaintiffs during pre-trial proceedings, submitting and arguing motions, examining witnesses, introducing evidence, and more.

Coloplast Vaginal Mesh, Transvaginal Mesh Products

• Novasilk – Synthetic Flat Mesh

• Suspend – Tutoplast Processed Fascia Lata
• Suspend – Tutoplast Processed Fascia Lata

• Exair – Prolapse Repair System
• Exair – Prolapse Repair System

• Axis – Tutoplast Processed Dermis
• Axis – Tutoplast Processed Dermis

• Restorelle Smartmesh – Prolapse Repair System
• Restorelle Smartmesh – Prolapse Repair System

SUSPEND VAGINAL MESH ALSO KNOWN AS A TRANSVAGINAL MESH: This is made from biologic human material and claims to integrate nicely into the human body to adequately treat POP, with little to no complications.

AXIS VAGINAL MESH: This is another product made from biologic material taken from the back of the leg. Again, they claim that it integrates well into the body to treat POP adequately.

NOVASILK VAGINAL MESH: This is a synthetic Transvaginal Mesh used to treat several types of POP. They claim that there are fewer complications because there is less material implanted than with other meshes.

EXAIR VAGINAL MESH: This is a polypropylene mesh used to reinforce a prolapsed pelvic floor.

Do You Have a Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit? Do You Need a Mesh Lawyer?

The vaginal mesh proceedings have begun as a part of the two primary MDL's in West Virginia and New Jersey. Vaginal mesh lead counsels are gearing up and dates have been set.

The  vaginal mesh federal and   state lawsuits are growing  as 1000's of filings  against the vaginal mesh manufacturers proceed and the number continues to grow as more and more women stand up for themselves against the manufacturers  who caused them so much pain and suffering. Federal vaginal mesh lawsuits have been consolidated into four multidistrict litigations (MDL) based on the manufacturer they’re filed against. Vaginal mesh MDL pretrial proceedings are moving in full force with Chief Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, United States District Court, WV, has set a trial date. As of October 2012, the number of suits filed against each manufacturer continues to increase rapidly:

•     1,697 cases filed against AMS
•     1,725 cases filed against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division
•     1,114 cases filed against Boston Scientific
•     1,256 cases filed against C. R. Bard

July 2012, the first case presented to a jury resulted in a $5.5 million damage award in California state court, for a woman who experienced complications where her Bard Avaulta mesh sliced through her colon, causing her to undergo at least eight additional surgeries. Additional lawsuits are scheduled for trial in federal court beginning in February 2013.

The Vaginal Helpline is in full gear to locate any woman with a Prolene mesh filed after 2002 in states where the Statute has not run out.
 

The vaginal mesh lawsuit has moved into the action stage. If you have been injured by a vaginal mesh the time to act is now. The statute of limitations for some state have run out. As the trials poceed and the facts come out it will be more important to have your lawsuit filed and with a law firm that understands the entire MDL process. Differemt criteria may start to develope and if you are not with the correct firm you may find a case rejection letter in your mailbox. Not all firms are using the same critieria. The stiffer the criteria becomes the more important the  firm you choose is. Some have much broader criteria then others. Some law firms want it clean and easy. They do not want more then one mesh implant, only one mesh with one manufacturer, no additonal surgeries or complications, no pressing merdical conditions and a variety of intricate criteria based on the way they see the case and the financial implications for the settlement. Other law firms are using a much wider criteria and still others are taking a case in a state where the statute is over to the state of the manufacturer.

Another important issue is how are your calls and concerns responded to. If your first and only contact is with a paralegal or "screener" that person is your contact person. That is the person that may be your only contact. They must understand the mesh and the suffering you have gone thru. If they can help you find a doctor I would give them an extra plus in the yes category. If they take your case strictly based on prior medical records wothout a doctor intervening on your behalf regarding your current situation it may be harder to prove your case. The best situation for you is a doctor who says it is the mesh and you need a revision of better yet, mesh removal. Having a good doctor is not only good for your case but, a medical necessity.

As the lawsuit proceeds more questions regarding your rights will develope and you will need answers. Interview the first line person.

That may be the most important person. Ask: Who will be my contact person? Has this lawyer ever done any mass tort cases? Has this lawyer been involved in the litigation of cases involving dangerous drugs and devices that harm women? What cases? To what degree?

Will my case stay with you? If it will not under what circumstances will it be referred to another firm? Remember, the MDL lawsuits will require your vaginal mesh lawsuit litigation taken to trial by one of the lead counsels. But, your lawyer can file the case and be the end of the line for the filing process. Do you need a lead counsel? Not everyone can be alead counsel. Some of the best lead counsels have inattentive, insensitive screening staff who really do not understand the mesh litigation at all. Some insensitive staff may  become very strong with you if you even raise the issue of switching lawyers.

If I do not feel my lawyer's staff is senstive to my concerns can I switch?

Yes, you can and there is no financial loss to you at all. If any law firm tells you otherwise they are just wrong and using tactics to keep you with them. That alone should be a sign to reconsider.

The most important thing is that you feel comfortable with the law firm, that they have mass tprt and MDL experience and do know the difference between an aut accident and dangerous drug and device fenseral case. They are not the same. The local lawyer you may pick for the highway accident may not be right for a mass tort. They may have no experience in mass torts and have no intention of wrking your case. They are looking for an experienced mass tort lawyer to send your case to. It may be the next guy that advertises on T,V who they do not even know.

In mass tort cases like the vaginal mesh lawsuit, local may not be the best move at all.  This is an MDL and is only being consolidated in certain states in front of a certain judge. It is not being heard in every state. It may never be litigated in your state. Local is just not all that important.

Fike you lawsuit right away and use care in selecting your vaginal mesh lawyer.

The Vaginal Mesh  Helpline speaks to and hears from women daily regarding their mesh stories. These are all usually the same pain, complications, symptoms and suffering. More importantly there is usually doctor. Usuallyb there are many doctor visits. Doctor after doctor visits are happening to all types of medical specialties. What  resonates across most of these phone calls is doctors sending women for tests that show a lack of knowledge of the mesh.  The mesh has very basic symptoms that can effect the pelvic area, bladder, bowel, uterus, abdomen, lower back, legs and the entire body from the waist thru the legs and lower back. These are all classic mesh symptoms. The symptoms are being caused by mesh erosion and infection. Sometimes it is from perforation or an organ. But, The most important thing is getting a doctor that understands the mesh and is not afraid to admit you have a faulty vaginal mesh problem. You have had these symptoms for months, sometimes years and a T.V ad has just shead the light. "OMG" It is not in your head. You are a victim of a failed vaginal mesh.

 Step One:  Find a doctor with experience in mesh removal.

The most experienced are usually urogynecologists. In any event they must have experience in mesh removal for you to be sure they understand the problem

Step Two: Hire a lawyer before your statute of limitations runs out

Choose a law firm with experience handling surgical mesh lawsuits. Most firms should provide a free consultation where an attorney will discuss how the case would proceed should you decide to pursue legal action. The firm should have experience in mass torts and take youyr case on and individual contingency basis. They should be keeping your case and not referring it out. The usual and customary fee is 40%.

Step Three: Attempt to get your medical records

These are most likely obtained at the hosptial where the surgery was done. Do not be alarmed if your doctor is not thrilled at turning your records over. Your lawyer can help