In re: Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, Inc. Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation

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Case Number:

2:18-md-02846

Court:

Ohio Southern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Edmund A. Sargus

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  1. October 02, 2024

    Bard Agrees To Individualized Deals In Hernia Mesh Litigation

    Tens of thousands of plaintiffs alleging they were injured by hernia mesh implant devices could resolve their claims against C.R. Bard Inc. under a settlement process unveiled Wednesday, a "decisive step" toward addressing the claims in both state and federal courts, counsel for the plaintiffs said in their announcement.

  2. July 01, 2024

    Bard, Hernia Mesh Claimants Can't Hide Injury MDL Deal Info

    An Ohio federal judge denied a joint bid to seal a forthcoming settlement motion by C.R. Bard Inc. and hundreds of claimants who sued Bard and a subsidiary over their hernia mesh implants Monday, saying the parties had not given a compelling reason their deal should be secret.

  3. August 23, 2022

    Bard Tells Mesh Jury Patient Didn't Prove What He Promised

    C.R. Bard Inc. gave closing arguments on Tuesday in a patient's trial over allegedly crumpling hernia mesh, telling a Rhode Island jury the man's lawyers repeatedly "broke promises" made in openings to prove that the plastic was not medical grade and much more.

  4. July 28, 2022

    CR Bard's Mesh Design Was Substandard, Patient Says

    A Rhode Island jury heard a blistering critique of medical device marker C.R. Bard on Thursday in openings for a surgical mesh trial, where lawyers for a hernia patient said the company quietly built the device with plastic that wasn't to be used in humans.

  5. April 15, 2022

    CR Bard Hit With $250K Verdict In 2nd Hernia Mesh Bellwether

    An Ohio federal jury on Friday awarded $250,000 in damages to a man alleging injuries from a defective C.R. Bard hernia mesh patch, dealing Bard its first loss in the second bellwether trial in sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging defects in the medical device manufacturer's hernia mesh products.

  6. September 09, 2021

    Jury Hands CR Bard A Win In Ohio Hernia Mesh Bellwether

    An Ohio federal jury has given C.R. Bard Inc. and its subsidiary Davol Inc. a win in the first bellwether over allegations that its Ventralight ST hernia mesh is defective, finding no liability on the companies' part for injuries a man says he sustained as a result of those alleged defects.

  7. December 04, 2020

    'Lifesaving' Claim Barred In Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial

    A medical device maker and its subsidiary cannot argue that their hernia mesh implant is a "lifesaving device" in the first case to go to trial in sprawling multidistrict litigation accusing the manufacturer of concealing design defects, an Ohio federal judge has ruled.