by Grace | Nov 4, 2022 | hernia mesh lawsuit
Parties involved in the Covidien hernia mesh multidistrict litigation report that nearly 6,000 cases have been filed in federal and state courts. Plaintiffs in these lawsuits accuse Covidien of manufacturing and distributing defective hernia mesh products. The...
by Grace | Sep 15, 2022 | bard lawsuit, hernia mesh lawsuit
The judge overseeing the thousands of hernia mesh lawsuits against C.R. Bard recently appointed John Jackson as the settlement mediator in the multidistrict litigation. This settlement mediator will work with legal defense from both parties to potentially reach a...
by Grace | Sep 7, 2022 | bard lawsuit, hernia mesh lawsuit
In a recent hernia mesh trial, a Rhode Island jury ordered hernia mesh manufacturer, C.R. Bard, to pay $4.8 million to a man who claimed to have suffered health complications due to the company’s hernia repair mesh. C.R. Bard, a subsidiary of Becton Dickinson, faces...
by Grace | Jan 20, 2022 | hernia mesh lawsuit
Hernia mesh is widely used in hernia surgeries due to the low rate of recurrence. However, the high rate of complications and revision surgery has led to increased litigation in the last decade. Plaintiffs have brought hernia mesh lawsuits against surgical mesh...
by Grace | Jan 14, 2021 | hernia mesh lawsuit
In a recent court ruling, hernia mesh manufacturer Bard was told they cannot claim their hernia mesh device as a “lifesaving device” in their upcoming trial scheduled for January 11, 2021. The judge who ruled this order claims Bard has no evidence to support their...