Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Center

Thousands of women have filed a transvaginal mesh lawsuit after suffering crippling injuries, including chronic pain, infections, organ damage, and scarring, allegedly associated with the use of pelvic mesh in the surgical repair of pelvic organ proplapse and stress urinary incontinence. This is not surprising, given that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has tallied some 3,800 reports of transvaginal mesh complications associated with the use of these devices. The transvaginal mesh lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP are actively filing lawsuits in several major pelvic mesh litigations, and continue to offer free legal evaluations to the victims of vaginal mesh injuries. If the quality of your life has been diminished because of transvaginal mesh, our vaginal mesh lawyers can help. Please contact Bernstein Liebhard LLP today for answers to all of your questions, and to learn more about filing your own transvaginal mesh lawsuit.

Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits

Women who suffered serious injuries following implantation of pelvic mesh may be eligible to file a transvaginal mesh lawsuit seeking compensation or their medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering and other damages. The vaginal mesh lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP are actively filing claims in four vaginal mesh litigations underway in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, involving pelvic mesh devices manufactured by American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., C.R. Bard, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon, Inc. subsidiary. Bernstein Liebhard LLP partner, Jeffrey Grand, is serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees in all of these federal litigations. The Firm is also involved in two consolidated proceedings underway in New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County that involve products manufactured by Ethicon and C.R. Bard. Mr. Grand is serving as Co-Liaison Counsel in both of these litigations.

Recoveries in vaginal mesh lawsuits can be significant. In February 2013, the Plaintiff in the first Ethicon pelvic mesh lawsuit to go to trial in the New Jersey litigation was awarded $3.5 million in compensatory damages. The previous summer, a trial in California state court involving a C.R. Bard product ended with a $5.5 million jury award for the victim and her husband.

Transvaginal Mesh Manufacturers

Pelvic mesh devices used in transvaginal surgeries are manufactured by a number of companies. The transvaginal mesh lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP are currently investigating claims on behalf of women implanted with the following devices:

American Medical Systems Inc.:

• Apogee Vault Suspension System
• Elevate Prolapse Repair System
• Monarc Sling System
• Perigee System
• Sparc Sling System

Boston Scientific Corp.:

• Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit
• Uphold Vaginal Support System
• Advantage Fit Transvaginal Mid-Urethral Sling System
• Obtryx Transobturator Mid-Urethral Sling
• Solynx SIS Vaginal Sling System
• Prefyx PPS Pelvic Sling System
• Lynx Suprapublic Mid-Urethral Sling System

C.R. Bard Inc. Avaulta Pelvic Mesh Products:

• Avaulta Plus BioSynthetic Support System
• Avaulta Solo Synthetic Support System
• Faslata Allograft
• Pelvicol Tissue
• PelviSoft Biomesh
• Pelvitex Polypropylene Mesh

Ethicon Inc. Gynecare Pelvic Mesh Products:

• Gynecare Prolift Pelvic Mesh
• Gynecare Prosima Pelvic Mesh
• Gynecare Gynemesh
• Prolene Mesh
• Gynecare TVT Sling

Most of these devices were approved via the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510K program, which does not require human testing. The FDA is currently considering a proposal to reclassify transvaginal mesh products used in pelvic prolapse repair as high-risk medical devices. Doing so would make the products ineligible for 510(k) approvals.

Injuries Resulting from Transvaginal Mesh

In 2008, the FDA issued a safety alert concerning serious complications associated with transvaginal mesh devices. Then in 2011, the agency warned that there had been a five-fold increase in reports of serious complications associated with the use of vaginal mesh. The FDA also modified its previous position on the frequency of such complications, stating in the alert that vaginal mesh injuries associated with pelvic organ prolapse repair were not rare. According to the agency, injuries resulting from vaginal mesh may include:

• Erosion through vaginal wall
• Infection
• Pain
• Urinary problems
• Recurrence of prolapse and/or incontinence.
• Bowel, bladder, and blood vessel perforation
• Vaginal scarring
• Pain during sexual intercourse

Filing a Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

If you are among the thousands of women who have suffered serious complications related to pelvic mesh, filing a transvaginal mesh lawsuit could enable you to obtain the compensation needed to cover:

• Medical bills
• Lost wages
• Permanent disability
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Diminished quality of life

The vaginal mesh lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP are already representing numerous women in transvaginal mesh lawsuits, and understand what you are going through. They can evaluate your case for free, and give you sound advice on the best way to proceed. To learn more about filing your own vaginal mesh lawsuit, please give Bernstein Liebhard LLP a call at to speak with an attorney today.