NuVasive to Pay $41.8M for Luring Sales Reps

San Diego, Calif.-based NuVasive was slammed with a $41.8 million verdict in California after a jury in a federal court found the medical devicemaker liable for hiring six of Madsen Medical’s sales personnel as its own employees, court documents state.

The jury determined NuVasive was liable for tortious interference with contractual relations and prospective economic advantage.

Madsen earned $7.5 million in compensatory damages, $14 million in damages for unjust enrichment, $20 million in punitive damages and an additional $300,000 in unpaid sales commissions. — Anisa Jibrell