For several years, courts across the nation have been inundated with thousands of pending hernia mesh lawsuits. These product liability claims assert that hernia mesh implants from various manufacturers were defective, causing diverse complications post-surgery.
The lawsuits encompass multiple hernia mesh products produced by four medical device companies: Ethicon (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that has recently settled most of its lawsuits), C.R. Bard (now part of Beckton Dickinson), Covidien, and Atrium Medical Corp. Lawsuits against each defendant have been consolidated into distinct class action MDLs.
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