Bahamas Surgery Center, LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation et al.

  1. April 07, 2017

    Jury Hits Kimberly-Clark, Halyard With $454M Fraud Verdict

    A California federal jury found late Friday that Kimberly-Clark Corp. and its spinoff Halyard Health Inc. misled buyers about the impermeability of the companies' MicroCool surgical gowns, awarding a class of buyers a whopping $454 million in compensatory and punitive damages in the fraud trial.

  2. April 05, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark Gown Buyers Didn't Pay A Premium, Jury Told

    A Stanford economics professor called to the stand by Kimberly-Clark in a California federal class action trial over allegations it misled buyers about the impermeability of its surgical gowns testified Wednesday that the buyers wouldn't be able to recover damages because they weren't economically harmed.

  3. March 31, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark Gowns Failed Quality Tests, Jury Told

    A former Kimberly-Clark plant manager testifying Friday in a California class action trial over the permeability of its surgical gowns told jurors that after some gowns failed quality control testing, a company scientist asked to create a pretext for rerunning tests, telling him "something, anything" would do.

  4. March 29, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark's Cost-Cutting Caused Gown Issues, Jury Told

    A former Kimberly-Clark director testified in California federal court Wednesday as the first witness in a class action trial alleging the health care products maker passed off porous surgery gowns as essentially impermeable, saying in a recorded video that the problems resulted from product changes made "to improve the bottom line."

  5. February 08, 2017

    Kimberly-Clark, Gown Buyers Want Experts, Evidence Blocked

    Kimberly-Clark Corp. and surgery centers bringing a class action alleging the company passed off porous surgery gowns as essentially impermeable on Tuesday submitted several motions in California federal court to block experts and evidence for their late March trial.

  6. December 19, 2016

    Kimberly-Clark Denied Bid For Delay In Gown Suit

    A California federal judge refused Friday to hold off on setting a trial date for claims that Kimberly-Clark Corp. passed off porous surgery gowns as essentially impermeable as the company appeals class certification, saying there are no grounds for waiting.

  7. November 28, 2016

    Kimberly-Clark's Stay Bid Assailed In Surgery Gown Suit

    Surgery centers suing Kimberly-Clark Corp. over claims that it passed off porous surgery gowns as essentially impermeable asked a California federal judge on Friday not to freeze efforts to set a trial date, saying there are no grounds for it.

  8. November 21, 2016

    Kimberly-Clark Seeks To Freeze Gown Trial For Cert. Appeal

    Kimberly-Clark Corp. asked a California federal court Friday to freeze any efforts to set a trial date over claims that it passed off porous surgery gowns as essentially impermeable and defrauded medical centers handling deadly diseases, as it asks a federal appeals court to undo the class certification.

  9. November 15, 2016

    Kimberly-Clark Headed Toward Trial In Surgery Gown Suit

    Kimberly-Clark must face trial on claims that it passed off porous surgery gowns as essentially impermeable and defrauded medical centers handling deadly diseases, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday, denying a slate of last-ditch motions by the company.

  10. November 14, 2016

    Calif. Classes Only Certified In Medical Gown Suit

    A California federal judge has allowed two groups of California buyers that accuse Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Halyard Health Inc. of misleading them about the safety of MicroCool surgical gowns to proceed with their lawsuit against the companies, but the court concluded state laws varied too much for a class of nationwide buyers to proceed with its claims.