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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

(12) Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is subject to claims and assessments from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues a liability for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated.

 

Product Liability Litigation

 

On October 7, 2019, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of the State of California against the Company and Silimed Industria de Implantes Ltda. (the Company’s former contract manufacturer). The lawsuit alleges that the Company’s textured breast implants caused certain of the plaintiffs to develop a condition known as breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (“BIA-ALCL”), and that the Company is liable to the plaintiffs based on claims for strict liability (failure to warn), strict liability (defective manufacture), negligence and loss of consortium. On January 21, 2020, the Company filed a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint, which demurrer the Court granted in a tentative ruling dated March 9, 2021 with leave to replead. The Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on April 6, 2021 and the Company filed a demurrer to that complaint on May 6, 2021. On October 25, 2021, the Court issued a ruling granting the Company’s demurrer in-part and denying it in-part, and gave plaintiffs twenty days to file an amendment complaint. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself in this lawsuit. Given the nature of this case, the Company is unable to estimate the reasonably possible loss or range of loss, if any, arising from this matter.

 

On September 23, 2020, a lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee against the Company. The lawsuit alleges that the Company’s textured breast implants caused certain of the plaintiffs to develop a condition known as breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (“BIA-ALCL”), and that the Company is liable to the plaintiffs based on claims for negligence, strict liability (manufacturing defects), strict liability (failure to warn), breach of express and implied warranties, and punitive damages. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on December 7, 2020. On February 28, 2022 the Court granted the Company’s motion, and dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice.