1st Covidien MDL Bellwether Trial Ends With $88 Million Jury Award

( August 5, 2026, 1:10 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal jury on Aug. 4 awarded a man and his wife $88 million in the first bellwether case from the multidistrict litigation involving Covidien hernia mesh to go to trial, finding that the manufacturer failed to warn him about the danger of the mesh and made false statements about its safety....