Human beings, we are bound to experience some form of Illness that are well beyond our control. One of these complications, occur in the intestines and is known as Hernia.
What is Hernia?
A hernia usually occurs when the intestines, or any other kind of muscles, push through their walls and fiber that contain them. This can be extremely painful and cause a lot of other complications as you can imagine. Some of the symptoms associated with a hernia can include, but is not limited to:
- Chronic pain
- Severe infections
- Bowel obstruction etc.
How do you treat it?
Treatment usually is a through a surgical process, whereby surgeons usually use a loosely woven sheet of surgical mesh, these are usually synthetic and are extracted from animals such as cows or pigs. While these have in some form, proven effective, especially by reducing risks of recurrences and decrease in the development of complications in the future. However, in recent years, issues and concern have risen about the safety of the surgical mesh. Some have even gotten recalled by the Health Department, for flaws discovered.
According to research, conducted by the ICU, hundreds of Americans have developed issues, with Hernia Meshes produced by companies like Ethicon, C.R. Bard, Atrium and other manufacturers. Actually, some of these companies have been found guilty of supplying defective Hernia Meshes, without proper warnings to by Ethicon, C.R. Bard, Atrium and other manufacturers were defective and sold without adequate warnings either.
Due to these reasons, these companies have been sued by a lot of individuals. Courtrooms across the country are filled will lawsuits to the above companies.
What are some of the settlements that can be claimed?
Majority of the individuals are suing for:
- Monetary compensation for their injuries,
- Hospital bills, as well as time, lost,
- Corrective surgeries,
- Punitive Damages
- Pain, and loss of consortium
- Suffering experienced
- Any other associated loss or expenses.
Most individuals, however, have no clue “how much their lawsuit is worth” as one lawyer said in a CNN interview “How much is my Hernia Mesh case worth”? Has been the most asked question by his clients, in regards to the case. Well, the answer is in a way, positive, as going by the history of previous cases, and how the courts have ruled, such cases include:
- Kugel mesh settlements averaged $70,000 per plaintiff and
- A separate trial resulted in a $1.5 million dollar verdict
From these cases, it is clear, if your case is strong enough, then the courts may compensate you fairly. Some of the factors that may affect the potential value of your case may include:
- Type of hernia Mesh device Used – If the device was either recalled by the Health Department, Has the Device been declared defective?
- How adversely were you affected? How long did you stay in the hospital? How many surgeries did you have to undergo, as a result of defective devices? How badly was your internal damage? The more affected, the bigger the payout.
- The total cost of the process? What were the hospital costs? How much did the medical accessories cost you? The total medical cost will be assessed, including costs for diagnostics tests.
- How adversely is your day to day activities affected? Did you as a result of Defective Devices, suffer a permanent either digestive issue, or get a chronic infection?
- How did all these affect your earning? Was your job affected? Will you be able to work again? If not, costs will be put in place, to cover the past, present, and future earnings entitlement and added in the lawsuits.
Conclusion
These compensations won’t return your normal life or your friends. If you or a family member, or even a friend has suffered /is suffering from massive side effects, due to hernia mesh implantation, its best that you call for some legal help.
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