Legal Opinion
Donna Cisson v. C. R. Bard, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2016No. 15-1102, 15-1137PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge DIAZ joined.
GREGORY, Circuit Judge:
On August 15, 2013, a jury awarded Donna Cisson $250,000 in compensatory damages on a design defect and failure to warn claim against C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”), and awarded an additional $1,750,000 in punitive damages. The punitive damages award was split pursuant to a Georgia statute, with seventy-five percent going to the State of Georgia and twenty-five percent going to Cisson. This was the first jury verdict arising from multi-district litigation involving more…
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