Plaintiffs Ask JPML to Transfer Neomedic Mesh Cases to W. Va. for Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The plaintiffs in 21 actions involving pelvic mesh products made by Neomedic Inc. are urging the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer the cases to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia for coordinated and/or consolidated pretrial proceedings.

“These actions all involve similar product design and manufacturing defect and warnings claims against Neomedic regarding the women’s pelvic repair products that were implanted in these women,” plaintiffs maintain in the Nov. 8 brief. “The JPML has previously found that product liability actions involving similar claims relating to similar implantable medical devices are proper …