New York Vaginal Mesh Injury Lawyer: Merson Law has been retained by persons injured by vaginal mesh.  There have been numerous lawsuits filed against vaginal mesh manufacturers because they do not do what they are supposed to do and they cause internal injuries.  In one case, the vaginal mesh fell apart.  In another, they cause pain.  Look at the article below concerning the results from a number of the vaginal mesh cases.  There are jury verdicts that range from $5.7 million to $100 million.
YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR THE HARM THAT YOU HAVE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF VAGINAL MESH. Â BUT YOU MUST ACT NOW, AS THERE ARE TIME LIMITS AS TO WHEN YOU CAN FILE A LAWSUIT AND IF THAT TIME EXPIRES, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RECOVER FOR YOUR INJURIES.
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$100 Million was awarded to the plaintiffs in Deborah Barba v. Boston Scientific by a Delaware jury on May 28, 2015.  Ms. Barba had been implanted with Boston Scientific’s Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit as well as an Advantage Fit mid-urethral sling system and sustained significatn injuries. The award was reduced to $10 Million by Judge Mary Johnston after trial.
On February 10, 2016, $13.5 million was awarded by a Philadelphia jury in Carlino v. Ethicon. $10 million of that award was for punitive damages. The plaintiff suffered through three TVT sling revision and removal mesh surgeries following her Ethicon/Johnson and Johnson implant.
This follows a $12.5 million jury verdict in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit against Johnson and Johnson’s Ethicon division on December 22, 2015. A Philadephia jury found that Patricia Hammons suffered injuries from a Prolift pelvic mesh implant, which was removed from the medical device market in 2012. The $12.5 million award included $7 million in punitive damages as the jury heard evidence of Ethicon’s document destruction.
On February 2, 2016, a Kansas City, Missouri jury awarded nothing to the plaintiff in a Boston Scientific Solyx and C.R. Bard Align case. On October 16th,  2015, the jury awarded nothing to the plaintiff in Martha Carlson v. Boston Scientific in Statesville, North Carolina. On October 5th, 2015, the jury awarded nothing for the plaintiff in Carol Cavness v. Ethicon/ Johnson and Johnson in Dallas, Texas.
As of February 15, 2016, eighteen (18) transvaginal mesh plaintiffs have won trials and the defendants have won six (6). Following the failed status conferences, TVM trials moved forward, resulting in two plaintiffs’ verdicts ranging from $100 Million to $5.7 Million and numerous confidential settlements.  Boston Scientific, Coloplast, AMS and Bard have begun offering settlements.  Ethicon/Johnson and Johnson and Cook are preparing for trials.
Transvaginal Mesh Verdicts
A chronology of the eighteen (18) plaintiffs’ verdicts and six (6) defense verdicts, settlements, manufacturers, products, and jurisdictions follows:
- 7/12: $5.5 million – Christine Scott – C.R. Bard Avaulta Plus –  CA
- 2/13: $11.11 million – Linda Gross – Ethicon/JJ Prolift – NJ
- 8/13: $2 million – Donna Cisson – C.R. Bard Avaulta – MDL WV
- 2/14: $0 – Carolyn Lewis – Ethicon/JJ TVT-O – MDL WV
- 4/14: $1.2 million – Linda Batiste – Ethicon/JJ TVT-O  – TX
- 7/14: $0 – Diane Albright – Boston Scientific Pinnacle – MA
- 8/14: $0 – Maria Cardenas – Boston Scientific Obtryx – MA
- 9/14: $3.27 million – Jo Huskey – Ethicon/JJ TVT-O – MDL WV
- 9/14: $73.465 million – Martha Salazar – Boston Scientific Obtryx – TX
- 11/14: $6.7+ million – Amal Eghnayem – Boston Scientific Pinnacle – MDL FL
- 11/14: $6.7+ million – Margarita Dotres – Boston Scientific Pinnacle – MDL FL
- 11/14: $6.7+ million – Mania Nunez – Boston Scientific Pinnacle – MDL FL
- 11/14: $6.5+ million – Juana Betancourt – Boston Scientific Pinnacle – MDL FL
- 11/14: $5.25 million – Jeanie Blankenship – Boston Scientific Obtryx –  MDL WV
- 11/14: $4.75 million – Chris Wilson – Boston Scientific Obtryx – MDL
- 11/14: $4.25 million – Carol Campbell – Boston Scientific Obtryx – MDL
- 11/14: $4.25 million – Jacquelyn Tyree – Boston Scientific Obtryx – MDL
- 2/15: Settled – Wise v. Bard in the MDL
- 3/15: Settled  – Bellew v. Ethicon (Prolift) in the MDL;
- 5/15: Settled – Sanchez v. Boston Scientific (Pinnacle) – CA
- 3/15: $5.7 million – Coleen Perry – Ethicon/JJ Abbrevo sling – CA
- 5/15: $100 million – Deborah Barda v. Boston Scientific Pinnacle and Advantage Fit – DL
- 10/15: $0 – Carol Cavness v. Ethicon/JJ Prosima –  TX
- 10/15: $0 – Martha Carlson v. Boston Scientific Uphold – NC
- 12/15: $12.5 million – Hammons v. Ethicon/JJ (Prolift) –  PA
- 2/16: $0 – Sherrer v. Boston Scientific Solyx and Bard Align – MO
- 2/16: $13.5 – Carlino v. Ethicon/JJ (TVT)  – PA
- erosion through the vaginal tissue
- mesh contraction
- mesh extrusion
- inflammation
- fistula
- infection and abscess
- pain
- blood loss
- chronic and acute nerve damage
- pudendal nerve damage
- pelvic floor damage
- scar tissue
- chronic pelvic pain
- urinary problems and/or incontinence
- recurrence of prolapse
- bowel, bladder, and blood vessel perforation
- dyspareunia or pain during sexual intercourse
Treatment of the complications includes additional surgical procedures to revise or remove the mesh, blood transfusions, drainage of hematomas, drainage of abscesses from infection, IV medication, pain injections, botox injections, physical therapy, among other treatments to alleviate the complications.
In July 1, 2012, Bard stopped selling the Avaulta Mesh in the United States because the FDA required additional clinical trials and testing.
On June 4, 2012: Johnson and Johnson/Ethicon withdrew four mesh products from the US Market, including its controversial Gynecare Prolift, Prolift+ M, TVT Secur and Prosima systems.
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