BD Agrees To Settle Majority Of Hernia Mesh Cases

October 4, 2024

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced on October 2, 2024 that it has reached an agreement to resolve the vast majority of its existing hernia litigation. Terms of the settlement agreement, which are confidential, include cases in both [...]

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$4.8M Rhode Island Ventralex Hernia Repair Mesh Verdict

September 2, 2022

On August 29, 2022, a Rhode Island jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $4.8 million, which will increase to $7.68 million with interest, after a trial that began on July 28, 2022 and jury deliberations that began on August 23, 2022, involving surgical hernia repair [...]

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$17.5 Million Oklahoma Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 10, 2022

After a 4-day medical malpractice jury trial, an Oklahoma medical malpractice jury returned its verdict for the plaintiffs after about an hour of deliberations in the total amount of $17.5 million ($14 million for the 32-year-old plaintiff who lost the use of his right leg after hernia mesh removal [...]

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$33M New Jersey Pelvic Mesh Verdict

April 13, 2018

Yesterday, a New Jersey pelvic mesh jury returned its verdict for compensatory damages in the total amount of $33 million in favor of a woman and her husband against C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”), finding that Bard knew that its pelvic mesh products were unsafe and that Bard failed to warn ph[...]

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