Bloomberg reports that several pelvic mesh manufacturers including C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific and Endo Health Solutions may be entering behind-the-scenes talks with plaintiffs in an effort to negotiate transvaginal mesh settlements. Insiders who are familiar with the ongoing vaginal mesh litigation told the news source... Read More

A federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation against the Johnson & Johnson-owned subsidiary Ethicon over their vaginal mesh implants has ordered first trial to begin in August 2014. There are more than 10,000 Ethicon Prolift mesh lawsuits currently pending in the federal court system. Vaginal... Read More

The makers of a vaginal mesh implant have reached a settlement with a woman whose lawsuit was set for a state court trial in Atlantic City later this month. C.R. Bard's transvaginal mesh lawsuit settlement will reportedly provide compensation of an undisclosed amount to a... Read More

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is the site of six separate coordinated litigations for transvaginal pelvic mesh lawsuits pending against manufacturers, including Boston Scientific, American Medical Systems, Ethicon, Cotoplast and Cook Medical. The latest court dockets show that more... Read More

C.R. Bard negotiated a confidential transvaginal mesh settlement following a $2 million jury verdict handed down by a federal jury the week before. These cases were the first two bellwether trials for the federal multidistrict litigation involving C.R. Bard's Avaulta vaginal mesh products. Plaintiffs have brought thousands... Read More

A jury in Charleston, West Virginia – site of the federal Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2187 – ordered C.R. Bard to pay Donna Cisson $2 million in damages over injuries related to their Avaulta transvaginal mesh. The vaginal mesh lawsuit award... Read More

A transvaginal mesh lawsuit was just moved from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On or about May 15, 2012, the plaintiff was implanted with one or more of Boston Scientific’s... Read More

The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against vaginal mesh manufacturer Boston Scientific has ordered a new Boston Scientific vaginal mesh lawsuit list. The list will be used to select early bellwether trials that will serve as indicators of how future Boston Scientific lawsuits might be handled.... Read More