Medical Device Injury

Hernia mesh has been used for more than 100 years; however, scientists and researchers have discovered that some mesh products are prone to shrinkage and alteration, making patients more likely to experience problems. Researchers, doctors, and patients are becoming increasingly alarmed by evidence that polypropylene hernia mesh is not compatible with the human body. This […]

A new lawsuit has been filed in West Virginia alleging Ethicon Inc. and Johnson & Johnson are responsible for the injuries sustained by a patient implanted with a transvaginal mesh product. The Ethicon transvaginal mesh injury lawsuit maintains that the manufacturer is responsible for negligence, manufacturing defects, failure to warn, design defects as well as

A new lawsuit has been filed against Ethicon due to injuries from a hernia mesh repair surgery. Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of the allegedly defective hernia mesh, is named as being responsible for the injuries sustained by patients harmed in hernia mesh repair surgery. An Georgia patient received the Physiomesh product during an implantation surgery.

A plaintiff has filed a new lawsuit against numerous defendants including IVC filter manufacturer C.R. Bard Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. alleging injuries sustained as a result of the G2 Vena Cava Filter.. The blood clot filter lawsuit accuses the defendants of manufacture and design negligence as well as failure to warn and breach

A plaintiff from Tennessee is suing Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson over medical expenses and injuries she suffered after being implanted with pelvic mesh. According to the Ethicon pelvic mesh lawsuit, plaintiff Betty B. was implanted with the mesh at the Physicians Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The pelvic mesh the plaintiff was implanted

Bard was hit with a lawsuit alleging its Ventralight hernia mesh is incompatible with human tissue and patients with the mesh suffer pain and other medical complications. Plaintiff Julio N. of North Carolina alleges that he was implanted with Bard Ventralight hernia mesh after hernia repair surgery in 2014. However, the lawsuit claims that the mesh was

A Bard IVC filter lawsuit was filed against the company after a Florida resident implanted with the G2® Vena Cava Filter allegedly suffered injuries. This plaintiff has joined the master complaint against Bard. Plaintiff Shelly S. was implanted with Bard’s G2® Vena Cava filter in 2008. According to the complaint, the patient and doctors were unaware of

A new lawsuit has been filed because a plaintiff alleges pelvic mesh erosion caused unnecessary injuries about which she was never warned. Plaintiff Jill L. filed the personal injury lawsuit against Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson and other related companies that developed the medical device known as pelvic mesh or vaginal mesh. The pelvic mesh erosion lawsuit

A New York woman alleges in a recently filed lawsuit that she suffered severe side effects after being implanted with Bard vaginal mesh. Plaintiff Cheri P. says she suffered pelvic mesh side effects including “pain and further urinary problems after being implanted with the transvaginal placed mesh device.” She alleges that Bard and the others

Bard was hit with a lawsuit alleging its hernia mesh corroded a Florida man’s bowels so severely that he will need to use a colostomy bag for the rest of his life. The plaintiff’s hernia mesh complications also required part of the man’s bowel to be permanently removed. According to the lawsuit, plaintiff Joseph G.

A defective IVC filter is to blame for injuries suffered by a man who filed suit against Cook Medical in July. A Gunther Tulip IVC filter was implanted in the plaintiff on Dec. 26, 2005. The tiny cage-like device was intended to trap blood clots before they went up to the heart or lungs, where

A new lawsuit has been filed against Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon Incorporated by Florida residents as a result of dangerous injuries caused by the hernia mesh known as Physiomesh. The Physiomesh lawsuit alleges that the defendants are responsible for inappropriate marketing, distribution, labelling and manufacture of dangerous and defective mesh products that injure consumers.