The hernia mesh lawsuits are not part of a traditional class action lawsuit. All hernia mesh cases are filed as individual product liability injury lawsuits. The cases are treated like a class action in that similar cases against the same hernia mesh manufacturer are consolidated through a multi-district litigation (or MDL) process and assigned to a single judge. Unlike a class action lawsuit, you have your own case against one or more mesh manufacturers that can be tried or settled independently of all other cases.