The Vaginal Mesh Helpline understands that as a victim of a failed vaginal mesh you want justice. You are depending on your vaginal mesh lawyer to file all the paperwork. You are not legally versed in these matters. But, it can be helpful to understand your vaginal mesh lawsuit so that you can ask questions and get answers.

What Are The Basis Of The Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits

Specific causes of action for the vaginal mesh lawsuits include:

Strict products liability – failure to warn

Product liability is the area of law in which the vaginal mesh  manufacturers  who make medical and surgical products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause.

Vaginal mesh victims claim that manufacturers failed to adequately warn the public of potential side effects and complications.

Strict products liability – design defect

Design defects occur where the product design is inherently dangerous and defective and the risks of the product outweigh its benefits. Under strict liability the manufacturer is liable if the product is defective, even if the manufacturer was not negligent in making that product defective.

Manufacturer Negligence

A claim in negligence is based on the assumption that the manufacturer owes a duty of care to all those who can reasonably be expected to make use of its product. In the case of ‘dangerous’ products such as those which, if defective, could cause extensive harm this duty may be owed to anybody who may reasonably be affected by a defect in the product.

Manufacturer Breach of implied warranty

Every time goods are bought and sold, a sales contract is created

Manufacturer Breach of express warranty

An express warranty is a verbal or written statement that guarantees that a product is of a certain quality or will work in a certain way or for a certain amount of time.

Manufacturer Deceit by concealment

Whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of what should have been disclosed.  The manufacturers deceived and  intended to deceive  the women so that they  will act upon it.

Negligent misrepresentation

A manufacturer of a product  did not directly lie (say something you KNOW to be false), but made a representation about then mesh  while having no reasonable reasons for believing it to be true.

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.

The vaginal mesh helpline has launched a major outreach campaign to locate all Texas  women with injuries from a Prolene mesh implanted after 2001. the goal, according to L Spitzer who runs the helpline”is to make sure all injured Texas  women get an experienced Texas vaginal mesh lawyer and file their vaginal mesh lawsuit”.

The horrors of the mesh coming into the Vaginal Mesh Helpline ,Texas on a daily are horrific. The helpline is reaching out to the major cities of Texas as well as the spanish speaking  areas with abogados de vaginal mesh.

According to the Southeast Texas Record a Texarcana woman has sued for the vaginal mesh due to increased incontinence and injury. Lawsuits are being filed by Texas women from Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, TX, El Paso, Arlington, Austin, Corpus Christi,  Plano,  Garland, TX, Lubbock,  Laredo,  Irving, Amarillo,  and Brownsville. Some of the major Spanish speaking areas include: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and El Paso. The beginning primary focus will be on locating women with vaginal mesh failure in Houston, Dallas and Austin.

Another Texas woman filed a vaginal mesh lawsuit against Boston Scientific Corp. Uphold Vaginal Support System. 1000′s of women have joined the MDL  against Boston Scientific, American Medical Systems (AMS), Ethicon, Bard, UGYTEX and Coviden.

In Beaumont, TX we see a transvaginal mesh lawsuit. The Southeast Texas Record reported in March that another Texas woman filed a  vaginal mesh lawsuit.

Another transvaginal mesh lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Marshall) on October 17, 2012 alleging vaginal mesh side effects. Ethicon, Inc. was named  as the defendant. This woman joins 1000′s of women  from Texas  who have had defective  vaginal mesh products ruin their lives. Women have seen  chronic incontinence, urinary tract infections and painful intercourse after the implant has eroded into either their vaginal wall, bladder or bowel.

We cannot impress how important it is to send a message and file your vaginal mesh lawsuit.

The Texas outreach program is seeking to help Texas women implanted with a failed mesh locate  a lawyer and a doctor.

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.

The Vaginal Mesh Helpline is gearing up for what they feel is a second round outreach to some of the largest cities in the United States to inform women about the bladder mesh and vaginal mesh class action. "We expect a new wave of T.V ads by lawyers after the election and we are ready."" Women see lawyer ads on T.V and they have alot of questions".Says the helpline medical social worker"."They want to speak to someone they feel safe and comfortable with so they call us". "Women need to understand that they are not alone and the basic concepts of the vaginal mesh district litigation concept."

The vaginal mesh lawsuit proceedings have begun" We want all women to have the opportunity for compensation. We want you to get medical and legal help".Says the helpline representatives. "We have the staff and capacity to help women. We are reaching out to offer  support and guidance"."They just feel more comfortable with a  social worker then a law firm"

The MDL proceedings in West Virginia has begun  against six different vaginal mesh  manufacturers. The vaginal mesh implants cited in the lawsuit are Gynemesh, TVT, the Prolift system, Prolift+M, Prolene Mesh, and the Prosima system.

 Four vaginal mesh MDLs were established to consolidate the mesh lawsuits against these  manufacturers. All of the vaginal mesh MDLs are being overseen by Chief District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of West Virginia. The first vaginal mesh bellwether trial is scheduled to begin on February 5, 2013. The Vaginal Mesh helpline is attempting to locate all women with complications from a vaginal mesh implanted after 2001.
 

The helpline is available 24 hrs, 7 days to help women nationwide. The outreach is starting with the largest cities and it will be quite the undertaking. We are impressed with their mission and especially the time that is spent with each and every woman caller.

This outreach is a massive undertaking for the Vaginal Mesh Helpline. Their mission is clear and they are ready. They expect to be adding 5-10 new cities a week until they have the major cities in the U.S covered.

The first round Vaginal Mesh Outreach  project will be launched in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, and San Jose,  This outreach is expected to be done in about a week to ten days.

Second vaginal mesh Outreach Campaign will include:Jacksonville, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Austin, Columbus, Fort Worth, Charlotte, Detroit,  and El Paso,

The Vaginal Mesh information launch will then continue to Baltimore, Boston, Seattle, Washington, DC, Denver, Milwaukee, Portland and, Las Vegas,

Additional vaginal mesh lawsuits  outreach launches  are in the works to commence before the end of the year and are slated for Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, Tucson, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Kansas City, Mesa, Virginia Beach, Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Omaha, Raleigh, Miami,  Cleveland, Tulsa, Oakland, Minneapolis, Wichita, and Arlington,

It is amazing how many women  are still wondering waht their complications are from and do not realize it is the mesh until they see a Lawyer ad on T.V. It also amazes us how few doctors there are willing to help and given that so many of these women have lost their jobs and health insurance there are no clinics or programs for them. That is why they must get their due compensation and help in the additional surgeries that they need.mesh,