Plaintiffs Jessica J. and Kevin J. have initiated a ventral hernia repair lawsuit against C.R. Bard Incorporated. The plaintiffs allege that C.R. Bard has produced a defective product and that patients undergoing ventral hernia repair with use of C.R. Bard mesh products are at risk of severe injuries and could sustain life-threatening medical conditions as a result.

The ventral hernia repair lawsuit says that the surgical meshes generated by the defendant were biologically incompatible with human tissue and therefore reacted dangerously and negatively with not just the plaintiff but others undergoing ventral hernia repair.

The ventral hernia repair lawsuit says that the manufacturer should have known or did already know that their products were unreasonably harmful but failed to pass this information on to prospective patients.

Hernia Mesh Complications

In 2016, the FDA published a communication relating to hernia mesh, explaining the most common adverse event reports related to hernia mesh implants, including hernia recurrence, adhesion, bowel obstruction, pain, and infection, in addition to other types of complications.

Jessica’s ventral hernia repair lawsuit says that the manufacturers did not do enough to warn prospective patients about the risks and that these were scientifically knowable dangers at the time.

Jessica says she was diagnosed with a ventral hernia in September 2012 and underwent ventral hernia repair with the Bard Composix products. In June 2014, Jessica then underwent a second ventral hernia repair to remove that Composix mesh; she was then was implanted with the Bard Composix and Ventralite ST hernia mesh products.

Another revision was required for Jessica in November 2016 to explant the previous mesh added in through ventral hernia repair.

Hernia Repair Lawsuit

The plaintiff alleges in her hernia repair lawsuit that she continued to experience infections and severe chronic and abdominal pain. Furthermore, she alleges that she sustained permanent nerve damage that will likely require lifelong treatment, as well as physical pain and suffering and mental anguish due to the severe injuries she has sustained.

Jessica has filed the lawsuit against Bard on numerous counts, including negligence, design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, breach of express warranty, and breach of implied warranty.

If you or someone you know has been seriously harmed as a result of hernia repair products, you may be eligible to initiate a lawsuit against the manufacturer. Defective medical device lawsuits can be filed based on the grounds that a  company knew about the dangers and purposefully failed to disclose them or based on problems about which the company should have known.

These kinds of cases are often filed after a person who received a medical device they assumed would help them suffered long-lasting and painful side effects. Failing to warn patients about serious risks may lead to that manufacturer being held accountable in court.

The Ventral Hernia Repair Lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-cv-13457; filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.