Transvaginal Mesh Settlements and Verdicts: Company Payouts and What Cases Are Worth

As of June 2026, about 95% of transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been resolved through settlements or jury verdicts. Lawyers are still accepting new cases for potential settlement or trial.

The mesh multidistrict litigations (MDLs) have closed, with approximately $8 billion in settlements and verdicts resolving these cases. This figure is based on the most recent available data, as many settlements were confidential.

An MDL combines similar cases under one federal judge to make legal proceedings more efficient. Individual cases continue at the state level.

Mesh manufacturers are also settling cases overseas for undisclosed amounts. In 2024, Johnson & Johnson, Bard and Boston Scientific settled with about 140 women in England in the first case of its kind. The details weren’t made public. In 2026 in Wales, 25 women received compensation for mesh complications and not being made aware of the risks.

Transvaginal mesh settlement ranges are calculated by the severity of the plaintiff’s injuries and the amount of financial and emotional damages they incurred. More serious injuries typically received higher settlement amounts. Some jury verdicts have been overturned or reduced.

Ethicon

Most of Ethicon’s transvaginal mesh settlements for individual plaintiffs have been for undisclosed amounts. It quietly settled groups of cases with individual law firms after losing several bellwether trials. In the first trial in 2013, a New Jersey jury returned an $11 million verdict against Ethicon for injuries caused by its Gynecare Prolift.

In February 2023, former Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that the state of Kentucky received a $9.9 million settlement from Ethicon. The settlement resolved claims that the company failed to disclose the risks of its transvaginal mesh devices.

Ethicon challenged a $302 million judgment from a lawsuit brought by the state of California over the company’s pelvic mesh devices. In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the verdict.

C.R. Bard

C.R. Bard settled or otherwise resolved most of its federal transvaginal mesh MDL cases, but as of June 2026, a group of federal cases remains in the New Jersey multicounty litigation. According to court documents, the court officially transferred these cases from Judge Brian R. Martinotti to Superior Court Judge Rachelle L. Harz in June 2023. Seven of these cases have been stayed through March 2024 as they continue to progress through the settlement process.

After losing a state lawsuit for $3.6 million in 2012 and a federal lawsuit for $2 million in 2013, Bard settled a pair of cases for undisclosed amounts. In October 2014, Bard settled more than 500 lawsuits for $21 million, but the judge presiding over the MDL was disturbed by Bard’s slow pace.

In December 2014, Judge Joseph Goodwin told Bard to settle additional cases or face billions of dollars in jury verdicts. In August 2015, Bard settled another 3,000 cases for $200 million and a number of others for confidential amounts. In 2020, the company agreed to pay $60 million to settle vaginal mesh claims with 48 states.

American Medical Systems

American Medical Systems was the first company to offer a substantial transvaginal mesh settlement, paying up to $830 million to resolve an estimated 20,000 claims in 2014. Before this settlement, the company offered to pay $54.5 million to settle an undisclosed group of cases.

According to Bloomberg, American Medical Systems’ parent company, Endo International, set aside $775 million to settle 22,000 claims in August 2017. In total, the company has spent about $2.6 billion to settle its mesh cases.

As of June 2026, the company hasn’t announced any additional transvaginal mesh settlements. Per its 2024 annual report, Endo International had liabilities of around $50.7 million held in Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs) for pelvic mesh cases in the USA.

Boston Scientific

In March 2023, an Australian federal court approved Boston Scientific’s $105 million offer to settle a class-action lawsuit. In 2021, the company entered into a $189 million settlement agreement with 47 states over its vaginal mesh devices.

Boston Scientific lost multiple jury verdicts before settling nearly 3,000 mesh lawsuits for $119 million in April 2015. In December 2017, the company settled an additional 350 lawsuits for an undisclosed amount.

According to the company’s 2018 annual report, Boston Scientific “entered into master settlement agreements in principle or are in the final stages of entering one with certain plaintiffs’ counsel to resolve an aggregate of approximately 50,000 cases and claims.”

Coloplast

Coloplast faced the second-fewest lawsuits in the West Virginia MDL. The company announced in March 2014 that it would settle about 400 mesh lawsuits for $16 million. The claimants reportedly received about $40,000 each.

The company hasn’t reported any more settlements or jury verdicts as of June 2026. According to its 2022/2023 annual report, Coloplast now considers its MDL cases closed.

As of June 2026, transvaginal mesh settlement amounts may range from $40,000 to $450,000. However, these figures are not guaranteed and could vary based on individual factors. Speak with a lawyer to learn how much your specific case may be worth.

Plaintiffs who have taken their cases to trial have received millions in jury verdicts, but some of these verdicts have been overturned or reduced after appeal.

How much each plaintiff could receive in a transvaginal mesh settlement depends on several factors, including the severity of physical injuries, the plaintiff’s age and the extent of treatment. Experienced transvaginal mesh lawyers can help clients maximize their settlement amounts.

Not everyone will receive the same amount of compensation in a transvaginal mesh settlement. MDL settlements often include multiple tiers with payouts based on different factors. These can vary from MDL to MDL and from settlement to settlement. However, they typically follow similar structures. This table can give you an idea of what a settlement structure might look like.

Plaintiffs may receive different settlement amounts. This occurs because injuries can vary in severity, require different types of surgeries and have various health effects. Stronger documentation and more serious, life-changing complications typically lead to higher compensation.

Having proper evidence linking your mesh to your injury is critical. You should gather as much information as possible before talking with an attorney.

Documentation of Transvaginal Mesh Injuries

Collecting documents before speaking with an attorney can strengthen your claims. It can also help determine where your case may be placed on the settlement tier system.

You don’t have to gather all these items, but the more you can gather, the stronger your case. Your attorney can help obtain records that you can’t access on your own, including surgery reports and hospital records.

During the MDL period, settlements took several years as roughly 100,000 pending cases were processed. Now that the MDLs are closed, individual lawsuits may resolve more quickly. However, timelines still vary by case complexity, court venue and whether the case settles before trial.

Sometimes, companies may offer to settle a case right before it heads to trial.

The big federal transvaginal mesh MDLs are now closed, but the litigation hasn’t disappeared. Today, residual cases remain in specific venues.

Several of Bard’s remaining lawsuits were transferred to the New Jersey multicounty litigation in 2023. Some are currently paused as they move through the settlement process. Most recently, a discovery deadline was extended to June 30, 2026.

Ethicon also has an active New Jersey MCL for Gynecare pelvic mesh. A case management conference is scheduled for June 25, 2026.

Some cases are still being processed through the federal appeals system. This includes the Eleventh Circuit ruling in favor of four plaintiffs, which upheld a $26.7 million verdict against Boston Scientific in 2025.

But in general, federal activity has mostly wound down, and state or multicounty courts now handle any remaining claims. Attorneys continue to accept new cases for potential settlement or trial.

Anyone who has endured injuries from a transvaginal mesh implant and received treatment could potentially qualify for a settlement.

Attorneys are taking cases for clients who have recently had mesh removed or required revision surgeries. The surgery must have happened at least six months after you originally received your implant.

If you have a device that is made by American Medical Systems or Neomedic, you may not qualify. Only a lawyer can tell you if you are eligible to file.

Lawyers will see if you qualify by asking you several questions about your transvaginal mesh experience. These include when you received your implant, when you started experiencing problems and what kind of treatments you received for complications.

There are time limits to filing a lawsuit for a potential transvaginal mesh settlement, so it’s important to seek help right away. If the statute of limitations has passed on your case, you may not be able to file a claim. Even if you think the time limit has passed, you can reach out to Drugwatch to explore your legal options.