Thousands of lawsuits have settled. But thousands are pending. One MDL settlement occurred in 2011. It involved Bard's Kugel Composix hernia mesh. After Bard lost a bellwether trial, it settled more than 2,000 cases. The settlement amounted to $184 million.2 Each plaintiff received $60,000 on average. Many non-MDL lawsuits against mesh makers settled as well. But the details of those settlements are private. So there is little reliable information about settlement amounts.