BREAKING: BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

What You Need to Know

• The settlement is confidential but, in its most recent quarterly report, BD disclosed accruals for the hernia product liability claims, plus related legal defense costs, of about $1.7 billion on June 30, and $1.9 billion on Sept. 30, 2023.
• The first bellwether trial ended in a defense verdict in 2021, followed by awards of $250,000 and $500,000 in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, a Rhode Island jury awarded $4.8 million in the first state court trial.
• This year, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus in the multidistrict litigation in Ohio ordered the parties to mediate.