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Bard Ordered to Pay $68 M in the First NJ Pelvic Mesh Trial

Bard Ordered to Pay $68 M in the First NJ Pelvic Mesh Trial

Bard Ordered to Pay $68 M in the First NJ Pelvic Mesh Trial

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The first New Jersey Pelvic Mesh Trial convened before Bergen County Superior Court Judge James DeLuca awarded $35 Million to the Plaintiff as punitive damages, a day after the jury had announced $33 Million as compensatory damages to the plaintiff and her husband. The defendant pelvic mesh manufacturer C.R. Bard Inc. has to pay a total of $ 68 Million for the design defects of Avaulta and Align Transvaginal Mesh implants that were received by the plaintiff to treat her bladder prolapse and stress incontinence but resulted in her suffering from chronic pain.

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