Atrium Medical Corp. Agrees To Pay Undisclosed Amount To Resolve Defective Surgical Mesh Claims

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Atrium Surgical Mesh MDL Overview: 

• Who: Atrium has agreed to a confidential amount to resolve claims it sold defective surgical meshes. 
• Why: Plaintiffs claimed Atrium misled doctors about the dangers of its C-QUR Mesh devices. 
• Where: The MDL was heard in New Hampshire federal court. 

Atrium Medical Corp. has agreed to a settlement of an undisclosed amount that will resolve claims it sold defective surgical meshes that harmed consumers. 

Plaintiffs are now asking a federal judge in New Hampshire to set up a settlement fund so they can begin receiving payouts, according to a recently filed motion. 

The settlement agreement ends nearly five years of litigation between Atrium and plaintiffs who claim they were harmed by the company’s surgical meshes.Atrium continues to maintain its innocence of wrongdoing or liability as part of the terms of the settlement agreement, according to the motion.  

Plaintiffs have asked the judge to help set up the settlement fund since, as it currently stands, they say “the exact distribution of any settlement monies to the Plaintiffs cannot be finalized.” 

“The Parties, therefore, ask this Court to order the establishment of the Fund to facilitate resolution of those claims through collection, allocation, final disbursement, and accounting of settlement proceeds and to appoint a fund administrator in connection with these activities,” the motion states. 

Plaintiffs Have Questioned Whether Atrium Was Aware The Device Could Cause Allergic Reactions

Multidistrict litigation against Atrium launched back in 2016 after more than 1,000 claims the company misled doctors about the dangers of its hernia repairing C-QUR Mesh device, Law360 reports. 

Plaintiffs questioned whether Atrium was aware that the device could cause allergic reactions and if it contained a proper amount of warnings. 

Atrium’s contributions to the settlement fund will be restricted to providing the confidential amount agreed upon along with legally required data and forms, according to the motion. 

“Atrium shall have no responsibility for the expenses or administration of the Fund and shall have no liability to the Claimants in connection with such administration or decisions made by the Administrator in the discharge of any and all Administrators’ duties,” the motion states. 

Have you been harmed by a surgical mesh that was manufactured by Atrium? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiffs are represented by Jonathan D. Orent of Motley Rice LLC. 

The Atrium Surgical Mesh MDL is In re: Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Mesh Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 1:16-md-02753, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

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