Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $344 million for misrepresenting the risks of vaginal-mesh implants to consumers in California, the first state to bring its claim against the company to trial after thousands of U.S. women sued and some products were recalled.
Lawyers for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra proved J&J and its Ethicon unit “deceptively marketed their pelvic mesh products” for years to doctors and consumers without fully disclosing the risks of the devices, misleading users in violation of state consumer-protection laws, San Diego Superior Court Judge Eddie Sturgeon concluded in his ruling Thursday.
The company had faced ...
