No overhead costs will be avoided because the amount of in-house janitorial activity being contracted out is too marginal to affect overhead costs. Only the $2.63 per square feet of direct costs will be avoided, but $3.25 per square feet (the contractor's bid) in new costs will be incurred.
C.R. Bard (2011) â $184 Million Hernia Mesh Settlement In 2011, C.R. Bard paid $184 million to settle more than 2,600 lawsuits filed in a Rhode Island multidistrict litigation for their Kugel Hernia Mesh.
Jump To Topic. Transvaginal mesh products are sometimes used during hernia surgery or to repair pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first mesh product, the ProteGen, for SUI in 1996.