C.R. Bard, a manufacturer of medical devices used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), recently settled a vaginal mesh lawsuit. Selected as a bellwether case, the lawsuit involved the plaintiff, Debra Wise.
The bellwether trial was scheduled to begin on February 18, 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia as part of the C.R. Bard multidistrict litigation (MDL).
According to a report by Reuters on C.R. Bard’s decision, the settlement amount is unknown.
The fact that C.R. Bard decided to settle a bellwether case is a positive sign for plaintiffs.
Additionally, the mesh manufacturer’s decision could have been influenced by the presiding judge. Carey Danis & Lowe recently reported that Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, who is overseeing the 7 mesh MDLs, urged mesh manufacturers to consider settling the tens of thousands of pending transvaginal mesh lawsuits.
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