J&J Agrees to Pay $9.9 Million to Resolve Kentucky Mesh Claims

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle claims by the state of Kentucky that the company misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh products used to bolster sagging organs and treat incontinence in women.

J&J, the world’s largest maker of health-care products, said its Ethicon unit reached a deal with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron earlier this month to resolve allegations its vaginal-mesh devices injured women in the state.

The deal is part of J&J’s effort to wrap up more than a decade of litigation by thousands of women who claim the products — threaded into place through ...