An Ohio federal judge has shot down C.R. Bard Inc.'s mid-trial attempt to avoid a jury verdict in the first multidistrict litigation bellwether case related to its hernia mesh, finding that every argument the medical device maker presented is "patently" an issue for the jury to decide.
A California federal jury on Tuesday cleared C.R. Bard of a retired carpenter's product liability claims alleging the company negligently designed a blood clot-stopping IVC vein filter that easily broke up and sent metal shards into the plaintiff's lungs and heart.