Rhode Island jury awards $1.5 million for Kugel Mesh patch injuries

Filed September 1st, 2010 joshua

A Rhode Island jury has awarded $1.5 million to two people who suffered injuries as a result of the defective Composix® Kugel® Mesh hernia repair patch.

The jury agreed with the attorneys for Christopher and Laure Thorpe that a defective design of the hernia patch manufactured by Davol Inc. and C.R. Bard Inc. The plaintiffs were awarded $1.3 million by the jury for personal injury damages and another $200,000 for loss of consortium.

This is the second of two cases against Davol and C.R. Bard for their defective design of the patch and the fact that each hid dangers of the medical device from regulators and the public.

Christopher Thorpe suffered severe internal injuries due to a broken plastic ring on the mesh patch. Those injuries included an abdominal wall abscess and fistula.

Thorpe had to endure multiple surgeries to repair the damages, but still suffers from the original injuries.

In late 2005 and early 2006, the device makers were forced to recall certain Lots of these mesh hernia patches because a plastic piece that allows the patch to open once inside the body would break off from sustained pressure. This runaway piece caused severe injuries to thousands of people who have similar personal injury lawsuits against its makers.

These bellwether trials in Rhode Island - two more are scheduled - will ultimately decide the result of many of those lawsuits. The current trend represents good news for those injured by this device.

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