BDX - Becton Dickinson ordered to pay $4.8M in hernia mesh trial - Bloomberg

• A jury on Friday concluded that health equipment maker Becton, Dickinson ( NYSE: BDX ) must award $4.8M as damages to a man who claimed that a hernia mesh sold by one of its units damaged his bowels, impairing his ability to work, Bloomberg reported Monday.
• The verdict issued in state court in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday relates to BDX’s Ventralex hernia-mesh kit sold by the company’s Davol unit.
• The decision follows a case brought by a municipal worker in Hawaii who claimed that the company defectively designed the product and did not properly warn about its health risks., Bloomberg reported quoting his attorney Jonathan Orent.

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