Hernia Mesh Lawyers Fighting For The Victims

A hernia mesh lawsuit is one where you file a claim against a manufacturer generally through your attorney for a defective product used in the repair surgery. This faulty product, the patient allege, caused the injuries. The manufacturer, the patient claim, is responsible because of defective design, a problem with manufacturing the implant, or might have failed to warn of all potential consequences. The lawsuit is the only means to obtain fair and just financial compensation for the economic as well as non-economic damages one have experienced but for the hernia mesh used in the operation.

Economic damages are easier to determine by the hernia mesh lawyer because they have a value already attached to it or a value relatively easy to determine. Most common examples include:

• Medical bills
• Lost wages if you suffered a partial or total disability, and
• Miscellaneous out-of-pocket expenses, such as travel to and from medical appointments
• Past and future expenses, like future medical bills
• Future wage losses

Non-economic damages are more complicated to determine in the hernia mesh lawsuit cases as they are usually limited to pain and suffering as well as mental or emotional anguish, but could also include loss of enjoyment or loss of consortium.

As the FDA reports, numerous patients who have received mesh implants, complained about serious complications, such as migration and shrinkage of the mesh. The other health effects include but not limited to complications including:

• Pain
• Infection
• Bowel obstruction
• Organ perforation
• Adhesion of the mesh implant
• Recurrence of the hernia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that doctors perform more than one million hernia repair surgeries each year. While hernia mesh is generally successful in preventing recurrent hernias, some complications have been attributed to two types of mesh devices: Physiomesh and C-QUR mesh.

Don’t wait to take action if you or a loved one has suffered complications after being treated with the defective hernia mesh implant. At Hernia mesh recall, the attorneys fight with passion seeking results for those who have been harmed by the negligence or wrongdoing of medical device manufacturers. Dial 855-815-0586.