New C.R. Bard Bladder Sling Lawsuit Joins West Virginia MDL

Yet another lawsuit involving allegations of vaginal mesh complications from a C.R. Bard medical device has joined multidistrict litigation (MDL) centralized in in West Virginia federal court.

Kelly R. Hamilton-Sullivan says that she received the C.R. Bard Align urethral support system on August 2, 2011. Since her bladder sling lawsuit takes advantage of a simplified short-form complaint, the specific injuries that she allegedly faced as a result of the device are not mentioned.

In general, however, women who received bladder sling implants made of synthetic material polypropylene to treat their stress urinary incontinence allege that the device contracted and either punctured organs, caused infections or eroded vaginal walls among other vaginal mesh implant failure side effects.

According to the information selected by Hamilton-Sullivan’s vaginal sling implant lawsuit attorney, the medical device maker was able to gain approval using the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s accelerated 510(k) approval process because company officials alleged that the treatment was substantially similar to other surgical repair options. However, in 2011, the agency noted that “mesh contraction (shrinkage) is a previously unidentified risk of transvaginal POP repair with mesh that has been reported in the published scientific literature and in adverse event reports to the FDA.”

Women like Hamilton-Sullivan say they were unaware of these risks because companies like C.R. Bard failed to warn them or their surgeons about the dangers associated with implanting devices like the C.R. Bard Align urethral support system. She and her husband are seeking damages on counts of negligence, design and manufacturing defects, failure to warn, breaches of express and implied warranty and her husband’s loss of consortium.

The bladder sling implant failure lawsuit is Kelly R. Hamilton-Sullivan, et al., v. C. R. Bard Inc., Case No. 13-cv-22341, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

If you have experienced vaginal mesh implant complications, you may be able to file a complaint like Hamilton-Sullivan. Learn more and get a free consultation at the Transvaginal Mesh, Vaginal Sling, Vaginal Mesh and Bladder Sling Class Action Lawsuit Investigation. Once you fill out the short form, you’re entitled to a case eligibility review with a vaginal sling implant lawsuit attorney. You may be able to obtain compensatory damages to pay for revision surgeries as well as offset quality of life concerns.