Kugel Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Settlements Reported
Published: September 8th, 2009 • Comments: 13
At least five Kugel hernia mesh lawsuits have settled according to a report by Lawyers USA, including the case that was scheduled to be the first trial out of more that 2,000 product liability lawsuits pending against the manufacturers of the Kugel patch.
The Kugel litigation involves allegations that Davol, Inc., a subsidiary of C.R. Bard, Inc., manufactured and sold defective hernia patches that caused plaintiffs to suffer severe internal injuries and potentially life-threatening complications following hernia repair surgery.
Three separate Kugel hernia mesh recalls were issued between 2005 and 2007 for different sizes and models of the patch, due to problems with a plastic ring inside the patch which can break, resulting in injuries like bowel perforation, chronic intestinal fistula and additional surgery to remove the mesh. The litigation also involves non-recalled hernia patches that used a similar dual-mesh technology.
In July 2009, Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, who is presiding over the Kugel mesh lawsuits that are consolidated as part of an MDL (or Multidistrict Litigation), indicated that the first of four “bellwether” Kugel hernia mesh trials would begin in March 2010. However, Lawyers USA reports that the case has settled for a confidential amount together with four other cases, including one lawsuit pending in state court.
Although all federal Kugel hernia patch suits have been consolidated in federal court for pretrial proceedings, they remain individual claims that are each to be judged on their own merits. Therefore, the remaining cases are continuing to proceed and Kugel mesh lawyers anticipate that additional settlements likely will be reached.
Comment by paula on 22 September 2009:
I emailed some one might have been you my mom had a colaapysurgury that caused a hernia it would not heal they said her body was rejecting it.she had numarus surgurys every time they cut more an more dead skin an tissue when she died she didnt even have a belly button. was it you I emailed or could you help mr.I was an adopted at at birth.Iwas an only child.my dad was already dead.so it left me with single mom with 2 small children she had morgaged our 2 homes and the insurance had lapsed.it made us homelless .
Comment by paula on 22 September 2009:
my heart goes ouy to every one.my mom went through this with me by her side.they oww us money cant replace our losses and fear .
Comment by steve on 24 September 2009:
i had my first sergerie with mesh in 2000, i have had four more abdominol hernia sergeries sins then.one sergerie was an emergence and i was very close to deth.after another sergerie i had an open wound in my side that draind for 18 months.the worst of it is i have herniated again and dont want to go throu sergery again.i have pains all over my bowels dont work right,this mesh has made my life a knightmare.
Comment by shery on 24 September 2009:
My body rejected the mesh that the doctor repaired my hernia with the first time. I would keep a bacteria infection and the doctors would keep giving me antibodics and would never find the problems. I found me a good doctor and I thank God for him. He repaired it again and now i feel better. This went on for a few years so i thank God that i didnt die and I will tell whoever i can that he had his hand on my life.
Comment by Mary on 4 October 2009:
Where did you get your patch removed? I have been to several doctors. Noone is willing to take it out. Says it would be to dangerous. I fear everyday of the result in leaving it in. I had the defected one put in. Alot of problems with that one and a different hospital put another one in over it.
Comment by John on 9 January 2010:
I am writing the FDA for a FOI request of any settlement or hearing of any kind concerning my case. I am also contacting the DHHS as well as DAB for any record and dates of these hearings. I am concerned that this case is appearing by your verbal response of my Attorney to be one sided and not in the favor of me or any other of us affected by the mal-manufactured product of this Kugel hernia mesh patch. I am aware of the legislature and standards of accreditation of the performance of these products that undergo serious inspection before reaching the patient. If this case were reviewed we could prove the harmful wrongdoing of allowing this product to reach inside a patient and take their life such as it has mine. Fortunately, I have survived and can physically reveal this to the courts and am eager to show the type of butchering I received as a result of this. I am also eager to show how this has diminished my health and caused to further diminish my appearance, affecting me and my family physically, mentally, with a full impact to the future of my life. I am wandering if approaching the Courts to change the legislation of the statutes and laws of manufactured medical devices would be the best approach to attach to this settlement. If it were added into the legislature that consumers sign a waiver it would protect the future events of lawsuits of this nature and raise the standards to better manufacture products of an unsafe or harmful nature. Please consider the facts that I have shared as far as records to indicate annual reports of money set aside by our government during the year of 2007 for injury and others of this nature due to the mal-manufactured medical device: the Bard-Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch as well. The Courts have expanded the cases and if there is a court hearing where a settlement is discussed I should be made aware of that, I have the right to know and to be present. Freedom of Information Act. I will file an appeal and I will file this on the Federal level and get the ball rolling with enough heads stirred. If this needs to go public I will contact media and get the ball headed in the right direction the favor of those of us harmed by this awful product.
Comment by Barb on 12 January 2010:
I had a hernia repair surgery done in 2001. In Dec 2006 I had to have emergency surgery for a bowel obstruction (caused from the hernia repair). In May 2009 from a small bump stuff started oozing from my belly. Went to the drs, he said he has seen this several times. Waited for 3 months for it to stop oozing, but surgeon decided to operate to take out the infected mesh. Sept 2009 had part of the mesh removed leaving me with a open wound to heal from the inside out (what a mess!). In Nov 2009 after that open wound healed my belly button started oozing. Went back to surgeon. In Dec 2009 I had yet another surgery to removed the remaining mesh. Now all of the mesh is out and I am healing. Surgeon said another surgery will be needed to repair the hernia when it pops again (just dont know how long this will be). I am unsure if I should contact a lawyer about this or not. Any advice?
Comment by cheryl on 16 January 2010:
my husband had 10 hernia surgeries. the last one was done at UC Davis in Sacramento in 07. When this was done they had to remove everything from the previous surgeries and use something called Aladerm (spelling??). It was a very difficult surgery. He had to have a wound vac and heal from the inside out. There was a large hole in his stomach for several weeks. This last one started from a small stitch coming through his scar from the previous surgery and it was draining some blood. Everything has been good since then with no reoccurance. How would you know if they put one of the faulty mesh in there. I remember one of the surgeries they had to section part of his bowel because the mesh adhered to it!
Comment by Michael on 25 February 2010:
Would any and I mean any lawyer be willing to put there money where there mouth is and be truthful about the court litigation on Kugel Mesh mine certainly doesnt. GThey are all BS artists. Im disgusted with the treatment. Yep Id say lawyers are all sharks.
Comment by Michael on 3 March 2010:
Does anyone want to discuss the kugel mesh lawsuit. Is it some lawyer to lawyer secret shhhhhhhhhh
Comment by Michael on 7 March 2010:
Ok, here is another post critizing the Rhode Island Federal District coourt, if any body things that the RID is negligible on thier updating posting of Kugel, whuch by the way Judge Lisi says her court could handle this, and disregarding her orders for keeping people updated, maybe she should look at the way the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania is handling the Avandia cases which started one year after the Kugel Mesh case. They, the Eastern Penn District court has a much better handle on thier websites then does the RID, maybe she can take a lesson from that court, hmm LIBS in RID maybe or maybe plain just dont care. I thinkk everyone involved with Kugel, patient wise should petition our lawyers and the court to do better on updating the RID, let them know that we are tired of the slowness of the court, I know I AM.
Comment by steve on 15 March 2010:
if we dont have enouph to deal with,now they say thers counterfit mesh patches out ther.do you think they could posably be as rotten as what we have in us now.as far as this law suit goes somthing smells when it gets this quiet!!!!
Comment by steve on 16 March 2010:
well michael theyer still a mo. behined on the updates.at this rate if we all go to trial i will be long ghon.my grand kids can go to court for me.