One of the most recent vaginal mesh lawsuits was filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (Charleston) on December 7, 2012. The plaintiff is from Oklahoma and names as defendants C.R. Bard and American Medical Systems (AMS). The short form complaints... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication on July 13, 2011, regarding vaginal mesh products. The agency warned both patients and health care practitioners about the potential risks associated with the use of these vaginal mesh devices, which are often used to treat... Read More

On December 14, 2012, a lawsuit was filed in the Connecticut District Court in New Haven against American Medical Systems, claiming vaginal mesh complications from the company's Monarch sling. The lawsuit was brought by the woman who allegedly suffered the complications and her husband, who... Read More

On November 8, 2012, a vaginal mesh lawyer filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Florida woman who claims that the vaginal mesh products manufactured by Davol, Inc. caused her serious injuries that made four corrective surgeries necessary. Davol, Inc. is a subsidiary of C.R.... Read More

A Virginia couple has filed one of the more recent vaginal mesh lawsuits against Covidien Plc and Tyco Healthcare on December 7, 2012. The wife alleges that she suffered from multiple health complications following the implantation of an intra-vaginal sling. The defendants promoted the product... Read More

U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, the judge overseeing the five vaginal mesh MDLs in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, called a status conference on December 6, 2012 to announce that the first three bellwether trials have been scheduled... Read More

A new lawsuit was filed on October 25, 2012, in the United States' District Court for the District of Minnesota by a plaintiff who claims that she experienced serious complications stemming from her use of a vaginal mesh device manufactured by American Medical Systems. The... Read More

A new lawsuit alleging vaginal mesh complications was filed in Minnesota by a North Carolina woman on October 19, 2012. She claims to have suffered from serious injuries after being implanted by a mesh product. The mesh manufacturer Mentor Worldwide, LLC, is named as the... Read More