Lawyers have reached a confidential Bard hernia mesh lawsuit settlement after six years of litigation, but individual plaintiffs must still agree to participate.
Bard hernia mesh lawsuits pending in a federal MDL have been stayed for months, in anticipation of a global settlement agreement that has yet to come to fruition.
A Bard hernia mesh global settlement is believed to be imminent, however no details on the terms of any pending agreement have been released.
Judge presiding over more than 21,000 Bard hernia mesh lawsuits has rejected a motion filed by the manufacturer and one group of law firms, indicating the public has a "strong interest" in obtaining information from court records.
Parties are scheduled to submit joint or separate proposals for the remand of cases for trial by June 24, unless they are able to reach a global Bard hernia mesh settlement to resolve large numbers of claims.
Patients undergoing hernia repair surgery without a mesh implant have a 71% chance of needing follow-up surgery after four years, compared to 39% for those who undergo hernia mesh repair surgery.
If parties reach an impasse on global Bard hernia mesh settlement negotiations, the judge may begin remanding thousands of claims back to their U.S. District Courts nationwide for individual trials dates
If lawyers reach an impasse in Bard hernia mesh settlement negotiations by late May, Judge Sargus will then start remanding thousands of cases to U.S. District Courts nationwide for individual trial dates.
Last month, the trial date for this fourth bellwether lawsuit was vacated, after the Court determined enough early test cases had gone before juries for the parties to pursue a global Bard hernia mesh settlement.
Final Bard hernia mesh bellwether trial set to begin in April 2024 has been cancelled, as the MDL judge calls for 3-4 months of global settlement negotiations before remanding claims to U.S. District Courts nationwide.
