hernia mesh

How Long Does It Take to Settle a Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Lawsuit?

February 2, 2023 | by Gary Walch

How Long Does It Take to Settle a Hernia Mesh Lawsuit?

If you have had a hernia mesh surgical procedure that went awry, then you know that you are not out of the woods just because you are out of the operating room. There is a high likelihood that even after your surgery is complete, that the hernia mesh did not “take” or properly become implanted where it was meant to go. You could be up for a second surgical procedure, to manage the damage of an improperly implanted hernia mesh.

Additionally, if your hernia mesh was one that was defective in some way, and may need to be removed if it caused more harm in your body than good from being implanted into your internal cavities. It can take some time and many days of healing, to determine if your hernia mesh procedure is going to be truly successful to fix your hernia without other issues involved in the healing process.

Bard Hernia Mesh Legal Liability

October 17, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Bard Hernia Mesh Legal Liability

Hernia repair surgery is a common surgical procedure, that is used to repair a medical problem or trauma that has weakened the abdominal wall. Hernias can be found in various areas of the body, including:

Groin

Gore Medical’s DualMesh Hernia Repair Mesh Lawsuits

October 14, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Gore Medical’s DualMesh Hernia Repair Mesh

There are some lawsuits beginning for the Gore Medical DualMesh hernia repair mesh and Walch Law is the Los Angeles hernia mesh law firm you want helping you. If you have been injured from a Gore Medical hernia mesh, you should consider joining a hernial mesh lawsuit. The Gore Medical DualMesh is a biomaterial hernial mesh product, that was made from polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). You’ve known ePTFE as the polymer with high strength, used in your non-stick cookware, but the type used in a hernia mesh is the expanded kind that can be used for hernia surgical repairs. The compound ePTFE is considered to be superior to stop the adhesion formation in the human body after the surgical procedure, but it is not as good at encouraging host tissue to grow in the same regions of the body after a surgery using this material.

The GORE® DUALMESH® product was manufactured to be of a pliable material that is able to be easily used with hernia and reconstruction surgeries of soft tissue injuries. It was meant to be useful as an absorbable mesh, but it can come with series of high-level risks, including:

Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Against Genzyme Biological

October 3, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Genzyme Biological

Hernia mesh products have produced issues for people who have had them implanted to repair their hernias. An infection can form in the areas around a hernia mesh product in a short amount of time after the surgical procedure. In some patients, there have been severe complications within a few days, months or even years after the surgery to repair the hernia with a hernia mesh product. If you have developed a mesh-related infection, then you will be susceptible to also developing serious microorganisms that are commonly associated with this type of mesh, including:

Staphylococcus aureus

What Are The Average Settlement Amount of Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Lawsuit?

September 26, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Average Settlement Amount of Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Lawsuit?

Surgical meshes used to repair hernias have been around since the late 1800s. This means that overall, the repair of hernias using mesh products is quite common globally, as far as routine surgical procedures are concerned. Fortunately, the research opportunities have grown around the use of hernial meshes, and many new advances have been added to the use of surgical mesh for hernial repairs. But there are also still many major complications related to the use of hernia mesh products, which may necessitate initiating a Los Angeles hernia mesh lawsuit. These complications usually occur after the surgery is completed, and can include:

Infections

Lawsuits Over Ethicon Hernia Mesh Products

September 19, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Ethicon Hernia Mesh Products

The repair of an abdominal hernia is a commonly performed operation in our country. When done correctly, it can be a life-changing relief; but when done incorrectly or using a bad hernia mesh product, the results can be devastating, painful and very expensive. A hernia happens when there is any amount of internal tissue that starts to bulge out of the lower abdomen, escaping in openings around the muscles. This nodule can break free from the abdominal wall, and can develop a hernia quite easily. Hernias can develop in several areas, including:

Groin (inguinal)

3 Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Mistakes to Avoid

September 16, 2022 | by Robert Walch

3 Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Mistakes to Avoid

A hernia is a painful event, that once diagnosed needs to be repaired sooner than later. Once your hernia is repaired with a hernia mesh, you are not out of the woods. If the hernia mesh is improperly implanted or has a manufacturing defect, then you can suffer several different types of infections, complications or issues with the hernia mesh that can directly negatively impact your physical health. If you are interested in initiating a hernia mesh lawsuit, there are going to be three mistakes that you want to take care to avoid. These mistakes are: Not having a cause of action, assuming your settlement will include punitive damages, or thinking you are ineligible to file for a hernia mesh lawsuit because your revision surgical procedure did work.

Not Having a Cause of Action

What Are Common Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Injuries?

August 23, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Common Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Injuries?

If you have ever heard of a condition called a hernia or had one yourself, you understand that it is a painful condition that does deserve urgent medical attention. Hernias are ultra-common diseases, whereby there is a protrusion of the intestines, abdominal fatty substances, or the urinary bladder that come out of a weakness or opening in muscles lining the abdomen wall.

When you go to the doctor for an annual physical or when you do suspect that you have a hernia, that is when it will be diagnosed. It is usually found by your primary care provider by feeling the skin, to reveal either an anatomical defect or a definite connective tissue disorder. Hernias don’t often happen as the usual result of one event, but rather become a multifactor process where an anatomical weakness, defects and a possible increase in abdominal pressure make the perfect conditions to harbor a hernia defect.

How Much Is My Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Worth?

July 30, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Your hernia mesh lawsuit will be worth an amount that is going to be equal to your pain and suffering, as well as the compilation of your personal injuries, resulting from the hernial mesh claim. There is no one barometer that will decide the value or worth of your hernia mesh lawsuit.

Everything needs to be considered when you are bringing an action at law for personal injuries sustained from a hernia mesh surgery, and it will include your:

Pain and suffering

How Long Do I Have to File a Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Lawsuit?

July 28, 2022 | by Gary Walch

Rules and laws exist to limit the amount of time that you can legally file a claim for monetary recovery in all states. This is called the Statute of Limitations, and courts take these limits quite literally in regard to filing an action at law for damages, losses or personal injuries.

The Statute of Limitations for filing a personal injury action in the State of California is two years. This notes that if you have been injured by a hernia mesh surgical procedure, then you have 2 years from the date of the surgery to file an action at law for recovery on that claim.

If you did not discover the injuries related to the surgical implantation of a hernia mesh right away, then you have 1 year from the time that the injuries related to the surgery to file a case related to your personal injuries. In some cases, if there is negligence regarding your personal injury claim, you may then have up to three years to file a claim at law for personal injuries related to the diagnosis of your case.