{"id":1220,"date":"2013-10-31T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:08:08","slug":"25000-transvaginal-mesh-tvm-cases-pending-multidistrict-litigation-mdl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/25000-transvaginal-mesh-tvm-cases-pending-multidistrict-litigation-mdl\/","title":{"rendered":"25,000 Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) Cases are Pending in Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A recent count showed that more than 25,000 transvaginal mesh cases are pending in the Southern District of West Virginia.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>These cases involve the vaginal mesh manufacturers C.R. Bard, Inc., American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Ethicon, Inc., Coloplast Corp. and Cook Medical, Inc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There are several thousand more cases pending in state court cases around the country, including the states of New Jersey, California, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Minnesota.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The first round of bellwether trials involving the transvaginal mesh manufacturers Bard, Boston Scientific and AMS are being scheduled in the Southern District of West Virginia.<span>\u00a0<\/span>These cases will be tried in November 2013, as well as February and April 2014.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>These will be the first of the bellwether trials involving these three defendants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There have been other bellwether trials against the defendant C.R. Bard.<span>\u00a0<\/span>In the first case, <a href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/west-virginia\/wvsdce\/2:2011cv00195\/68322\/243\"><i>Cisson, et al. v. C.R. Bard, Inc.<\/i>,<\/a> the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Donna Cisson.<span>\u00a0<\/span>In a second case involving C.R. Bard, a settlement was reached with the injured party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/25000-transvaginal-mesh-tvm-cases-pending-multidistrict-litigation-mdl\/#more-1220\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent count showed that more than 25,000 transvaginal mesh cases are pending in the Southern District of West Virginia.\u00a0 These cases involve the vaginal mesh manufacturers C.R. Bard, Inc., American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Ethicon, Inc., Coloplast Corp. and Cook Medical, Inc. 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