According to the latest news it appears that the medical device maker, after losing its U.S. material source, may be part of a conspiracy to import second-rate, subpar polypropylene resin for use in the slings. Other defendants named in the Boston Scientific lawsuit are EMAI Plastic Raw Materials of Guangzhou, China, Proxy Biomedical Ltd of Ireland and Luxilon Industries based in Belgium.

Boston Scientific loudly denies any such allegations.

This allegation is deeply troubling for a number of reasons. Vaginal mesh slings were created with the intention of helping women deal with pelvic organ prolapse. To date, many horrific lawsuits have been filed by thousands of injured women.

Many women have had their lives turned upside down and live with severe pain, pelvic pain, organ perforation, bleeding, infection, pain during intercourse and urinary incontinence issues due to eroding vaginal mesh and have no hope of having the invasive, organ infesting sling completely removed.

The ethical question of a company knowingly using substandard materials in a product designed for implantation in the body looms large and raises sharp questions about the ethics of Boston Scientific. The ethics of a counterfeiter selling such below standard material are certainly questionable as well.

Should the allegations prove to be true and are verified, such a development would change the way vaginal mesh cases may be tried. Such evidence would be of significant interest to a judge and jury and likely tip the scales of justice in favor of even more plaintiffs. Boston sells at least $120 million of vaginal mesh a year. Over 55,000 woman yearly may have this questionable product implanted.

If you are suffering pain, inflammation and disability as the result of a vaginal mesh sling implant, you may contact my office for information on your legal rights.

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The sheer scale of this litigation is astounding; more than 30,000 medical negligence and defective product lawsuits have been filed against six U.S. mesh makers. Most of the cases allege that the manufacturers knew, or should have known, of the devastating and dangerous side effects of the mesh they produced.

The first four cases against Boston Scientific are to serve as bellwether cases, dealing with the Pinnacle transvaginal mesh and Obtryx mesh that caused complications that included, but were not limited to, internal injuries, infections, severe pain and erosion of the mesh.

Despite the lawsuits in progress and those still to be filed, Boston Scientific has stated that the mesh products are still an important treatment option. No doubt the 30,000 women who suffered severe consequences as a result of such implants feel otherwise.

Some sources have indicated that Boston Scientific is considering settlement talks, but most facts indicate that such a decision is many months from consideration. However, it may be that the recent C.R. Bard Inc. case that found the company liable for $2,000,000 or Ethicon’s $11,000,000 liability in another may eventually motivate Boston Scientific to propose out-of-court settlements.

Lee, Gober and Reyna – If you need a personal injury lawyer or help with an auto accident, motorcycle accident, wrongful death, or burn injury case, contact Lee, Gober and Reyna by visiting http://www.lgrlawfirm.com or calling 512.478.8080