A Bard Becton Dickinson ordered to pay $255k in hernia mesh trial, Reuters (April 15, 2022). Julia Steinberg, Bard Ordered to Pay $500,000 in Third Hernia Mesh Test Trial, Bloomberg News (November 9, 2023).
Defective hernia mesh devices lead to chronic pain, constipation, bowel obstruction, bulging, sexual dysfunction and additional surgeries to remove the mesh.