A lawyer for the state of California asked a San Diego judge Monday to impose more than $700 million in civil penalties against Johnson & Johnson over its transvaginal mesh devices.

The bench trial is the first between a state attorney general and a manufacturer of transvaginal mesh devices, implanted in women to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary problems. The 2016 case alleges that Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Inc. misrepresented the safety of its mesh devices to doctors and their patients.