Lori Polemenakos

Lori Polemenakos is Director of Consumer Content and SEO strategist for LeadingResponse, a legal marketing company. An award-winning journalist, writer and editor based in Dallas, Texas, she's produced articles for major brands such as Match.com, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Xfinity, Mail.com, and edited several published books. Since 2016, she's published hundreds of articles about Social Security disability, workers' compensation, veterans' benefits, personal injury, mass tort, auto accident claims, bankruptcy, employment law and other related legal issues.

More TVM lawsuits Filed In New Jersey

Women around the country have filed transvagial mesh lawsuits against manufacturers of these products after suffering serious complications because of the device that led to the need for surgical removal of the mesh.

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Testimony Started in Second TVM Trial Against Ethicon

The second bellwether trial against Ethicon of transvaginal mesh lawsuits began, and testimony has started. In the U.S. Southern District of West Virginia, cases were filed by women who had to undergo surgery to have the vaginal mesh removed after they suffered serious complications including chronic pain, organ damage and perforation.