Donna Cisson v. C. R. Bard, Incorporated

  1. January 15, 2016

    Bard Loses Appeal Of $2M Pelvic Mesh Verdict At 4th Circ.

    C.R. Bard Inc. has lost its Fourth Circuit appeal of a jury’s $2 million verdict in a bellwether trial that found the medical device maker liable for a woman’s injuries from defective vaginal mesh implants.

  2. July 02, 2015

    Georgia AG Wades Into Mesh Implant Appeal In 4th Circ.

    The Georgia Attorney General weighed in on C.R. Bard's appeal in the Fourth Circuit over a $2 million jury verdict for a vaginal mesh plaintiff on Thursday, defending a law that sent three quarters of the punitive damages to the state.

  3. June 09, 2015

    Groups Tell 4th Circ. Bard Evidence Was Rightly Excluded

    Two advocacy groups told the Fourth Circuit Monday that a federal program screening new medical devices only determines if they are similar enough to older devices and not if they're safe, arguing that a lower court rightly excluded certain evidence in a vaginal mesh trial C.R. Bard Inc. lost.

  4. June 03, 2015

    4th Circ. Told To Uphold $2M Bard Mesh Bellwether Verdict

    A plaintiff who won a $2 million jury verdict against C.R. Bard Inc. in a bellwether trial over alleged defects in its vaginal mesh implants has asked the Fourth Circuit to uphold the verdict, saying that the lower court correctly excluded Federal Drug Administration regulatory evidence.