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Jury awards $7.8 million in punitive damages in Johnson & Johnson implant lawsuit

by: LINDA A. JOHNSON , Associated Press

Updated: February 28, 2013 - 3:48 PM

A New Jersey jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay punitive damages of $7.76 million to a former nurse who blames its vaginal mesh implant for years of "living hell" despite unsuccessful repair surgeries.

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