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.

Nerve Damage From The Vaginal Mesh, Vaginal Mesh Lawyers Filing Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits as Women Continue To Suffer

It has been  established that obturator neuralgia is a complication associated with the vaginal mesh, caused by an arm that either directly damages the nerve or causes traction and scar tissue around the nerve over time. Symptoms of obturator neuralgia may include a deep ache in the region of the groin and may radiate toward the knee. Active or passive hip flexion and internal rotation of the hip causes the pain. There is also allodynia involving the anterior and internal surface of the thigh, which is pain caused by normal touch or friction from clothes.

The significance of these conditions  caused by a pelvic  mesh cause symptoms and disability. The most nauseating question becomes the following: Does an orthopedic surgeon with a scalpel see the patient first, or will it be a knowledgeable Urogynecologist. This can misdiagnosed as a hip problem.

How can a physician determine if obturator neuralgia is the source of the pain? This requires knowledge of the mesh product used, clinical and physical exam, and the use of a CT guided anesthetic block used for diagnostic purposes. A temporary relief of the pain is diagnostic. A transvaginal mesh implant patient who is determined to have obturator neuralgia may undergo obturator neurolysis, which is release of scar tissue from the nerve. This is accomplished via minimally invasive laparoscopic surgical approach. Results from a small study in France have shown outstanding results.

It is important for mesh patients with obturator neuralgia to be at a center that can both remove the vaginal  mesh as well as carry out the neurolysis because both procedures can be done at the same time, which would prevent the need for a second surgery and prolonged suffering.

Women should be aware of all symptoms and complications related to the vaginal mesh so that a n appropriate diagnosis and mesh treatment , usually removal of the mesh, can be made. Call the Vaginal Mesh Helpline for a lawyer and doctor.

The vaginal  mesh lawsuits for the  Ethicon Inc.’s Gynecare pelvic mesh have been consolidated  in New Jersey’s Atlantic County Superior Court. These mesh products appear to have been broadly used for urinary incontinence in women.   A Case Management Conference was held on May 22nd to discuss  issues stemming from the proceeding’s first trial, which concluded in March with an award of more than $11 million for a woman mesh  victim.  The Vaginal Mesh Helpline is glad to see that the mesh trials are moving along and advises all women to file their Gynecare, Ethicon vaginal mesh lawsuit.(In re: Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 6341-10)

“As the  Vaginal Mesh Helpline  medical social worker I am  happy to see more progress in  the vaginal mesh lawsuits.  I speak to women on a daily basis implanted with Ethicon vaginal mesh and  are suffering from  serious, life-changing complications due to these mesh implants.”

Vaginal Mesh lawyer Network Formed

The Vaginal Mesh Helpline has formed a nationwide lawyer network to help represent victims of defective vaginal mesh devices. We want to hear from the victims of Ethicon vaginal mesh failure.

Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits 

The  Ethicon mesh lawsuits  have been mounting. Most women we speak to have had these implanted for   urinary incontinence. In  July 2011, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) warned that there had been an   increase in vaginal mesh complications reported to them.

 Vaginal Mesh News And Updates

The first bellwether trial in the New Jersey C.R. Bard litigation will begin on September 23, 2013, and will involve a vaginal mesh device used to treat pelvic organ prolapse. (In re: Pelvic Mesh Litigation/Bard, No. L-6339-10) The first trial will involve a product manufactured by C.R. Bard, is scheduled to begin in June.

• American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2325”)
• Boston Scientific Corp., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2326)
• C.R. Bard, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2187”)
• Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2327”)

We strongly suggest all women file their vaginal mesh lawsuits right away.

Vaginal Mesh Helpline shares all the latest news regarding the vaginal mesh, pelvic mesh lawsuits and updates from vaginal mesh lawyers regarding the proceedings.

Vaginal mesh lawsuits  involving Prolene mesh  products manufactured by C.R. Bard, Inc., continue to move proceed in a multidistrict litigation  U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia.  In an Order issued on May 17th, the Court denied a request by C.R. Bard to seal emails that included supplier information the company claimed would reveal trade secrets and other confidential, proprietary information about its suppliers. The emails were filed as exhibits by plaintiffs in response to certain motions made by Bard, according to the Order. (In re: C.R. Bard, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation – MDL No. 2187). Other lawsuit are also progressing for vaginal mesh complications against American Medical Systems, Inc., C.R. Bard, Inc., Ethicon, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp.

 Prolene  Mesh  Lawsuits West Virginia

C.R. Bard is only one of the manufacturers for which consolidated lawsuits are underway in the Southern District of West Virginia  under Judge Goodwin. The first bellwether trial in the C.R. Bard multidistrict litigation is scheduled to begin in June, and will involve a Bard Avaulta transvaginal mesh lawsuit. Other litigations underway in West Virginia include In re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation – MDL No. 2325; In re: Boston Scientific Corp., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation – MDL No. 2326; and In re: Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation – MDL No. 2327. The Vaginal Mesh Helpline is watching for continuous updates and will keep you posted.

 Prolene Mesh Lawsuits In New Jersey

More C.R. Bard and other manufacturer vaginal mesh lawsuits have been consolidated in New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County. The first trial will begin in September 2013. (In re: Pelvic Mesh Litigation/Bard, No. L-6339-10, and). We also have Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuits here as well (In re: Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 6341-10) One of the ones we see in the news is (Gross v. Gynecare Inc., Atl-L-6966-10, Superior Court of Atlantic County, New Jersey). Gross filed a vaginal mesh lawsuit and was awarded just over $11 million for her  suffering.

Victims  the Prolene vaginal mesh, Transvaginal Mesh, Bladder Sling, TVT, Pelvic mesh and all vaginal mesh products causing  complications  should contact us immediately to discuss their rights and get support a lawyer or a doctor.

The Pelvic Mesh Helpline is here to help you.

Our pelvic mesh medical social worker can help you understand your mesh complications and how to get a vaginal mesh doctor. We can also offer help in connecting with a pelvic mesh lawyer. The Pelvic  Mesh Helpline is connecting women with pelvic mesh lawyers and doctors nationwide. Let us help you locate a pelvic mesh lawyer. Pelvic mesh go under many names: They could be called a vaginal mesh, bladder sling, vaginal tape, TVT, pelvic mesh, or surgical mesh. This is still a vaginal mesh.

Manufacturers Involved In the Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon TVT Gynecare, TVT Gynemesh, PS Prolene Polypropylene Mesh, Patch Secur Bard Avaulta Plus™ BioSynthetic Support System Avaulta Solo TM, Synthetic Support System Faslata®, Allograft Pelvicol® ,Tissue PelviSoft®, Biomesh Pelvitex™, Polypropylene Mesh American Medical Systems or AMS SPARC®, Boston Scientific Advantage™, Sling System Obtryx®, Curved Single Obtryx®, Mesh Sling Prefyx Mid U™, Mesh Sling System Prefyx PPS™

Many women who have suffered injuries as a result of pelvic  mesh have decided to file  pelvic mesh lawsuits. This has become a Multi-District Litigation and lawsuits are being consolidated and filed in selected districts thru-out the USA.  Pelvic Mesh Helpline lawyers are accepting nationwide cases on an individual basis, not as part of a class action.

Pelvic Mesh Multi District Lawsuit List Consolidated Under Judge Goodwin in West Virginia

Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit MDL – 2325, IN RE: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit MDL – 2326 IN RE: Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit MDL – 2327 IN RE: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

Pelvic mesh lawsuit MDL – 2387 IN RE: Coloplast Corp. Pelvic Support Systems Products Liability Litigation

What are the Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit  Complications ?

• Erosion of the pelvic mesh thru the vaginal wall
• Pelvic Mesh Failure
• 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

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.

The VaginaL Mesh Helpline is keeping women updated on all dangerous drugs and devices harming women. Many women were injured by Yaz  birth control pills and thought that they were out of luck in filing a Yaz lawsuit. Yaz complications  include: Blood clots, stroke, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis and in some instances death. Many women with complications and families that have lost loved ones due to Yaz felt they could not file a lawsuit. But, new warnings issued in April pf 2012 has opened doors for an influx of Yaz lawsuits. We do not want you to be left out.

The FDA Ordered  Warning Label Changes For  Yaz Blood Clots

The FDA announced it was requiring a label change for  Yaz

On April 10, 2012, the FDA announced it was requiring a label change for Yaz which contains Drospirenone. This warning   announced that Yaz may be associated with a higher risk for blood clots due to Drospirenone. This warning date may mean you now have a Yaz lawsuit even though you may have been turned away before.

Yaz  Lawsuit Complications

• Blood Clot
• Stroke
• Pulmonary embolism
• Deep Vein Thrombosis

Blood clots from Yaz may be linked to an increased risk of stroke, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism injuries to the lungs.

A federal Multi-District Litigation court in Illinois set up to handle lawsuits filed over alleged Yaz side effects has reported more than 10,000 cases filed. The formal case is known as Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2100).

Yaz lawsuit lawyers are accepting lawsuits from women who have have suffered these  side effects after taking Yaz. Yaz blood clots have caused premature death in young women. This is another medical product that targets women. Women must stand up and demand justice.

1000′s of women nationwide have had their lives seriously altered due to the vaginal mesh. The vaginal mesh has caused  their  live’s to become a physical and psychological downward spiral. We have spoken to women with complications that would make anyone outraged at these manufacturers. Women have lost jobs, careers, husbands , boyfriends and fiancees. Below is one women whose future went up in smoke.

AMS Transvaginal Mesh Victim Says Engagement Is Off

May 4, 2013, 10:30:00AM. By Jane Mundy

Seattle, WA: Debbie says that her engagement is off because of her American Medical Systems (AMS) transvaginal mesh implant. “I haven’t been able to have sexual activity with my fiancé without both of us experiencing pain and I don’t blame him for breaking off our engagement,” she says.

Debbie (not her real name) had the AMS transvaginal mesh implanted to treat urinary incontinence. But that has now become the least of her problems. “For the past year or so, I’ve had chronic pelvic pain, which is getting worse, and recurring bladder infections,” she adds. “Because of the inability to have sexual intimacy with my fiancé, I am also suffering from depression and weight gain – this transvaginal mesh has caused my life to become a physical and psychological downward spiral.

“Not only is my overall health suffering, but I am also in financial straights due to all the time I have missed from work, getting tests and lab work and trying to find a doctor to take out this mesh – I don’t think that my doctor knows what to do.”

Debbie knows the mesh has to be removed but at the same time she is frightened at the thought of more surgery.

In March 2013, a New Jersey Superior Court jury awarded Linda Gross, a registered nurse, and her husband, Jeff Gross, $11.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages ($7.76 million in punitive damages) in the first transvaginal mesh trial in the country. (In re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, Master Docket No.: ATL-6341-10, Case No. 291.) At the six-week trial, Ms. Gross, age 47, testified that she had 18 subsequent unsuccessful revision procedures following her initial transvaginal mesh surgery.

Ms Gross said that the transvaginal mesh had made her life after surgery a “living hell,” and she has characterized herself and thousands of other women who were implanted with TVM as “guinea pigs” to the vaginal mesh manufacturers. Her attorneys argued that Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon deserved to be held financially responsible to the fullest extent of the law for their actions. The jury agreed, and found that the gigantic drugmaker failed to provide adequate warnings. Further, they determined that the TVM maker intentionally committed fraud against Linda Gross regarding the transvaginal mesh.

An American Medical Systems TVM lawsuit was filed on January 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division (Case No. 2:13-cv-01083). This suit is just one of a multitude of lawsuits pending in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) entitled In Re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2325).

You Must file your vaginal mesh lawsuit right away. Many states with 2 year statutes will be up July 2013.

If you have a Coloplast Mesh the Vaginal Mesh Helpline has good news for you. The Coloplast mesh manufacturers have agreed to stay the statutes. The big concern has been that many states with a 2 year product liability statute of limitations would by up in July and  thousands of women would have been left out of filing their mesh lawsuits. But, Coloplast mesh victims are in luck now.

Lawsuits for the Coloplast vaginal sling and mesh will continue. Coloplast mesh have the same complications as all Prolene mesh implants. Coloplast mesh include:

• Coloplast Aris
• Coloplast  Novasilk
• Coloplast  Restorelle

Coloplast manufacturers and sells three different transvaginal mesh  for Uterine Prolapse:

• Novasilk Synthetic Flat Mesh
• Restorelle Smartmesh
• Exair Mesh

The company also sells five different bladder sling products for SUI repair, including:

• Aris Transobturator (TOT) Sling
• Minitape Sling
• Omnisure Sling
• Supris Suprapubic Sling
• T-Sling with Centrasorb

Coloplast Mesh Lawsuits are being filed by Coloplast Mesh Lawyers. Call the Coloplast Vaginal Mesh Helpline today

Other vaginal mesh lawsuits are being filed for:

• Bard Avaulta Mesh
• AMS Vaginal Mesh
• Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh
• Ethicon Gynecare Mesh
• Mentor ObTape Sling

Call the Vaginal Mesh Helpline today.

Vaginal Mesh Helpline brings you the latest news in the vaginal mesh lawsuits. Vaginal mesh lawyers are in the process of discussing tolling agreements. Ladies, this is very good news. That means the statute of limitations for filing your mesh lawsuit could be waived.

What Is A Tolling Agreement?

There is a statute of limitations  effecting your vaginal mesh lawsuit.  This  means many of you can lose the right to file your vaginal mesh lawsuit  in court after a certain amount of time has passed. Occasionally, it benefits both the plaintiff and the defendant to extend that period of time or waive it entirely. This is where a tolling agreement comes in. It is a legal document that affirms that both parties wish to dismiss the statute of limitations. So far, Coloplast has entered into such an agreement and we have hopes that other manufacturers will follow. States with 2 year statutes would be up in July and the one year states are done. This opens new hope for the women who may have been left out.

At the March 21 status meeting for the five vaginal mesh multidistrict litigations (MDLs) pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, counsel for the defendant mesh manufacturer Coloplast (MDL No. 2387) indicated that his client has entered into a “tolling agreement”—a contract providing that, until after an agreed upon date, the potential plaintiffs will hold off filing suit and the defendant will suspend the running of the statute of limitations. This is done by the corporations in the hope that something will happen during the agreed upon suspension time that is favorable to the ladies filing vaginal mesh lawsuits.

Other Mesh Manufacturers  Response To This

• Manufacturer C.R. Bard (MDL No. 2187) indicated that  they are  not interested in entering into such an agreement.
• Ethicon appears to be  is “willing to consider” a tolling agreement for mesh MDL Lawsuits.

It is important to file your vaginal mesh lawsuit without delay.

Coloplast Mesh Victims

Vaginal Mesh Helpline is launching a national campaign to reach all women with a Coloplast Vaginal Mesh who may have been turned away by a law firm due to statute of limitation issues.