Kugel hernia patch maker settles 2,600 suits for $184M
Kugel mesh hernia patch maker C.R. Bard has settled 2,600 personal injury suits for a total of $184 million, according to the company’s second quarter report. Approximately 3,600 suits were...
View ArticleDevice maker sued over alleged hernia mesh injuries
A Texas woman has sued medical device maker Ethicon for injuries allegedly caused by Proceed surgical mesh implanted to repair her hernia. Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon is liable for...
View ArticleAfter first verdict, mass tort lawyers grow confident
After the first case involving a vaginal mesh product to go to trial ended in a $5.5 million verdict for a California woman, plaintiffs’ attorneys are optimistic about the ongoing litigation against...
View ArticleJury awards $11 million in first bellwether vaginal mesh trial
In the first bellwether trial in the litigation over vaginal mesh products, a New Jersey jury awarded a 47-year-old woman $11 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Last year, a jury awarded...
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