If you are experiencing harmful side effects as a result of having received a surgical mesh implant, you deserve compensation for your injuries. That includes your out-of-pocket costs, lost wages, and pain and suffering. But don’t expect the manufacturer of your mesh implant to volunteer to cover your expenses.
Victims of vaginal mesh and bladder sling implants are suing the products’ manufacturers, whether the brand of mesh or sling they received has been recalled or remains on the market. If you’re suffering from harmful side effects as a result of having received a mesh implant or bladder sling implant, you too could have a case against your implant’s manufacturer.
The best way to obtain the most compensation for your vaginal mesh injuries is to consult a lawyer willing to file an individual lawsuit on your behalf. RLG files individual lawsuits on behalf of patients injured by potentially dangerous medical devices. We are currently accepting cases from those who were injured by mesh implants.
Since the 1970s, doctors have been using “vaginal mesh” or “surgical mesh” to support or hold in women’s pelvic organs. Performed to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP)–a condition in which a woman’s pelvic organs fall into or through her vaginal opening–and stress urinary incontinence (SUI)–a condition marked by the involuntary leakage of urine–these mesh operations originally involved the placement of the mesh product (sometimes called a “bladder sling”) through incisions in the patient’s abdomen. Read more
According to the Food and Drug Administration, in recent years, the most consistently reported complication to arise in connection with the use of surgical mesh to treat proplapse has been erosion: the mesh wears through the vaginal mucosa and exposes its rough and uncomfortable surface to the patient and her partner. Patients also report instances of mesh contraction (shrinkage). These complications are causing women to bleed, swell up, develop infections, and experience debilitating pain. Read more
Women who have suffered devastating side effects as a result of vaginal mesh products—including the Protegen Sling, which has been recalled, and ObTape, which has been discontinued—are contacting vaginal mesh lawyers willing to file vaginal mesh lawsuits on their behalf. Read more
Vaginal mesh is a material implanted by a doctor into a woman to keep her pelvic organs in place and to help treat urinary problems.
The most consistently reported of all vaginal mesh side effects and complications, according to the FDA, has been erosion: The mesh (or sling) wears through the vaginal mucosa, exposing its rough and uncomfortable surface to the patient and her partner.
Many brands of surgical mesh, vaginal mesh, and bladder slings have been put on the market, but a few were recalled. Most are still being used to treat women. Don’t let the type of mesh your doctor used affect your decision to contact a lawyer about your injuries.
You might be entitled to substantial monetary compensation if you’re experiencing harmful side effects as a result of having received a surgical mesh, vaginal mesh, or bladder sling implant. Read on to learn how to take advantage of our services—at no cost to you unless you win.
If you’re experiencing harmful side effects from a vaginal mesh implant, joining a class action suit isn’t likely to help you to recover much compensation for your injuries. Claimants in class actions often recover little, while the lawyers representing them get paid a lot.
Multidistrict litigation is a procedure used within the federal court system used to transfer all pending civil cases of a similar type filed throughout the United States to a single federal judge in order to conduct all of the pretrial proceedings.
Vaginal mesh multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings have taken a step forward with the appointment of attorney Joseph A. Osborne to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for litigation proceedings. Osborne of… Read more
Vaginal mesh has been receiving a lot of attention in the media in recent months with many women coming forward to talk about the internal injuries and pain they’ve… Read more
Vaginal mesh and other medical devices have been receiving a lot of attention lately given the fact that many women have come forward in the media to talk about… Read more
“The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents clients with claims stemming from the adverse effects of vaginal mesh, eagerly anticipates the Feb.15, 2013, start date of the first federal-court trial over injuries allegedly sustained by women as a result of having received vaginal mesh implants manufactured by C.R. Bard (MDL No. 2187).”
Read the full story“The infographic–viewable at vaginalmeshlawsuit.com/vaginal-mesh-infographic/ –clearly and succinctly illustrates how several vaginal mesh products, all of which became the subject of hundreds of lawsuits and were manufactured by different companies, attained FDA approval based on their similarity to a recalled device.”
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