For the last several years, thousands of hernia mesh lawsuits have been pending in courts across the country. These product liability lawsuits allege that the hernia mesh implants manufactured by several different companies were defective and caused various post-surgery complications after being implanted.
The hernia mesh lawsuits involve multiple hernia mesh products made by four medical device companies: Ethicon (a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that has just reached a settlement in most of its lawsuits), C.R. Bard (now part of Beckton Dickinson), Covidien, and Atrium Medical Corp. The hernia mesh cases against each defendant have been consolidated into separate class action MDLs.
In this post we will provide an update on the general status of the hernia mesh lawsuits involving C.R. Bard (The Bard Hernia Mesh MDL (In re: Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, Inc., Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Lit. – MDL-2846) and offer our best estimate on when we could reasonable expect to see a settlement in these cases.