IUD Paragard Lawsuit: Can the affected women be compensated in 2022?
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IUD ParaGard lawsuit is one of the emerging pharma
lawsuits in 2022 in the U.S. Para Gard IUD is the intra uterine device used
as a means of non-invasive contraceptive. The ParaGard IUD is different from
other hormone-based IUDs and it has copper coiled around the stem and the arms.
The copper interacts with the body and the chemicals produced as a result will
prevent conception.
Although considered a successful method, this IUD device has
some flaws, such as device migration and device breakage issues. Many women
began experiencing problems during use and removal due to organ perforation or
device breakage inside the uterus. Other serious situations faced by the
victims include the device becoming embedded in the uterus, device movement or
migration causing organ damage, scarring inside the uterus, inflammation and
injury from copper left in the body, and the need for a hysterectomy or uterus
removal.
In the FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System) database,
the FDA received nearly 40,000 reports on Paragard, with more than 15,600
involving serious complications such as ectopic pregnancy, broken IUDs, organ
damage, and hysterectomies and other surgeries to remove the IUD. In 2019, they
received over 7,000 reports of adverse effects. The FDA has received reports of
approximately 15 women dying after using the ParaGard IUD.
In 2016, a woman from Nebraska filed the first IUD
ParaGard lawsuit, claiming that her IUD had failed. The device was found
broken at the time of removal, and pieces of it remained inside her uterus. Due
to the lawsuits and debt, Teva sold its assets and manufacturing facility in
Buffalo, New York, for $1 billion in November 2017.
Teva and Cooper were hit with a slew of lawsuits for device
migration and perforation. In December 2020, all ParaGard IUD lawsuits were
consolidated as an MDL (MDL 2974) in the Northern District of Georgia, presided
over by United States District Court Judge Leigh Martin May. The ParaGard
claims filed in state courts in Pennsylvania were consolidated in the
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The company filed a motion to dismiss all
pending federal ParaGard IUD lawsuits in mid-2021, but it was denied.
According to the most recent update in mid-May 2022, there
are 1121 ParaGard IUD mass
tort lawsuits pending in federal courts. The announcement that the
bellwether trials will begin in 2023 gives plaintiffs and their attorneys hope
that they will produce some positive results. We won't be able to count the
chickens until they hatch. The ParaGard lawsuits are still in their early
stages, making predictions difficult. Expert attorneys could estimate the
ParaGard IUD lawsuit settlement amounts based on the outcomes of previous
similar mass tort litigations.
According to the ParaGard IUD attorneys, women who have
experienced problems can file a claim for the following injuries: ruptured
uterus or cervix, IUD device migration, inflammations and allergic reactions
caused by IUD pieces left in the body, missing IUD pieces lodged in organs,
need for surgery such as hysterectomy, laparoscopy, or laparotomy, infertility,
long-term pain, infection, impossibility of removing the broken pieces, If you
are a victim of one, you should contact an experienced lawyer and file a
lawsuit.
You can seek compensation for past and present medical
expenses, lost wages, disability or permanent impairment, emotional
distress, scars and
disfigurement, pain and suffering, long-term care, and loss of consortium.
Fortify your IUD
ParaGard claim and win the reparation with the assistance of your attorney
and a medical
record review company.
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