C.R. Bard Must Pay Punitive $35 Million in Vaginal-Mesh Case
- New Jersey woman blamed Bard’s inserts for her injuries, pain
- Vaginal-insert trial was first against company in New Jersey
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C.R. Bard Inc. was ordered to pay $35 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed her injuries on the company’s vaginal mesh inserts in the medical supplier’s first case over the controversial devices to go to trial in New Jersey.
The punishment award handed down Friday brings to $68 million the amount that Bard must pay to Mary McGinnis and her husband. McGinnis said Bard inserts designed to bolster organs and address incontinence issues were defective and left her in permanent pain.