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In re: C. R. Bard, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

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Case Number:

2:10-md-02187

Court:

West Virginia Southern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Joseph R. Goodwin

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  1. June 19, 2017

    Bard Settles 75 More Suits In Pelvic Mesh MDL

    A West Virginia federal judge agreed Monday to toss dozens of suits against medical technologies manufacturer C.R. Bard Inc. in multidistrict litigation over injuries allegedly caused by pelvic mesh implants, saying all the claims have been "compromised and settled" for an undisclosed amount.

  2. May 26, 2017

    Bard Ends 97 More Suits In Pelvic Mesh MDL

    A West Virginia federal judge on Friday dismissed dozens of pelvic mesh cases against C.R. Bard Inc. after the New Jersey company reached settlements.

  3. April 25, 2016

    Bard Ends Several Dozen Pelvic Mesh Suits In MDL

    The West Virginia federal judge overseeing sprawling pelvic mesh multidistrict litigation on Monday said that several dozen women have agreed to end their suits against  C.R. Bard Inc. alleging injuries from pelvic mesh implants.

  4. February 03, 2016

    Bard Mesh Patients Cite Slow MDL Pace In Bid To Move Suits

    A Philadelphia-based firm representing women in cases against C.R. Bard Inc. over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants argued on Wednesday that six dozen of the suits should be transferred to Pennsylvania federal court since they're not about to be resolved in the sprawling multidistrict litigation in West Virginia.

  5. January 06, 2016

    FDA's Pelvic Mesh Scrutiny May Have Limited Impact In MDL

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's view that certain transvaginal meshes are now high-risk medical devices that must meet strict safety assessments appears to support mesh implant patients in federal multidistrict litigation, but experts say defendants can still blunt its impact in the courtroom by trying to block juries from hearing about the development.

  6. June 19, 2015

    MDL Judge Urged To Move Ethicon, Bard Mesh Suits To Philly

    Hundreds of plaintiffs suing C.R. Bard Inc. and Ethicon Inc. over alleged injuries from pelvic mesh implants have asked that their cases be moved from a crowded West Virginia multidistrict litigation program into Pennsylvania federal court so that their claims can be dealt with more quickly.

  7. March 12, 2015

    Experts Limited To 3 In Bard Pelvic Mesh Cases

    A West Virginia federal judge on Thursday told plaintiffs in C.R. Bard Inc.'s pelvic mesh injury litigation consolidated in federal court that they were limited to three expert witnesses per case as previously ordered.

  8. January 13, 2015

    Bard Can't Delay Upcoming Mesh Trial Over Judge's Remarks

    The West Virginia federal judge overseeing C.R. Bard Inc.'s pelvic mesh injury litigation has rejected the device maker's attempt to delay a February trial because of his widely publicized comments that the company, facing "potentially billions of dollars in verdicts," should settle.

  9. January 07, 2015

    Bard Fights To Delay Mesh Trial After Judge Urges Settling

    C.R. Bard Inc. argued Wednesday that widely publicized comments in December by the West Virginia federal judge overseeing its pelvic mesh injury litigation that it should settle in the face of "potentially billions of dollars in verdicts" warrant delaying a trial scheduled for February. 

  10. December 09, 2014

    CR Bard Fights Consolidation Of Suits In Pelvic Mesh MDL

    C.R. Bard Inc. argued Monday that the plaintiffs seeking to consolidate dozens of suits over its pelvic mesh products for an upcoming trial are trying to create bias among the jury that "something must be wrong" with the devices if there are so many suits about them.