On October 26, 2012, a new lawsuit alleging post surgical complications from vaginal mesh was filed in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. It joins an ongoing multidistrict litigation (MDL) that was centralized in 2008 and currently only involves products manufactured by Mentor... Read More

Vaginal mesh, also known as transvaginal mesh or surgical mesh, is used for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (a sagging or dropping of pelvic organs due to weakened or stretched pelvic muscles) and stress urinary incontinence (an involuntary leaking of urine when stress it... Read More

A married couple from Alabama filed a lawsuit against transvaginal mesh manufacturers American Medical Systems, et al, Endo Pharmaceuticals, et al, and Boston Scientific Corporation on October 25, 2012. The wife plaintiff is claiming personal injuries, pain, and suffering, and the couple's lawyer claims that... Read More

One of the most recent transvaginal mesh lawsuits was filed on October 19, 2012 in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants—C.R. Bard and Coloplast—manufactured products that didn’t serve their designed purposes. She received the vaginal... Read More

A Texas woman who allegedly suffered serious complications from a Gynecare vaginal mesh implant has sued Ethicon Inc., the manufacturer of the mesh.. The plaintiff filed her transvaginal mesh lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Marshall) on October 17; 2012. Plaintiff implanted... Read More

The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all qualifying Cocoplast vaginal mesh lawsuits into one multidistrict litigation (MDL) on August 6, 2012. Presided over by U.S. District Judge Jospeh R. Goodwin, the MDL is located in the U.S. District Court for the... Read More

A California woman has brought a pelvic mesh lawsuit against device maker Mentor Worldwide, LLC, on the 20th of September, 2012. Her lawsuit was filed with the help of a personal injury lawyer in the United States' District Court for the Middle District of Georgia,... Read More

A lawsuit recently added to the vaginal mesh MDL in West Virginia names six different vaginal mesh products from different manufacturers as defective and dangerous to women. The vaginal mesh products cited in the lawsuit are Gynemesh, TVT, the Prolift system, Prolift+M, Prolene Mesh, and... Read More