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• Lawyers Identify 15 Bard PowerPort Injury Lawsuits for Next Phase of Bellwether Trial Discovery

  December 20, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The Bard PowerPort lawsuits will go through additional fact specific discovery over the next few months, before the parties determine which six will serve best as early bellwether trials.

• AngioDynamics SmartPort Lawsuit Indicates Infection Led to Port Catheter Failure, Surgical Removal

  December 13, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Minnesota woman's AngioDymanics SmartPort lawsuit indicates the chemotherapy port catheter was the cause of an infection that required the implant's removal.

• Bard PowerPort Lawyers Will Update Judge on Status of Litigation at Case Management Conference

  December 3, 2024

  Russell Maas

  The judge presiding over all federal Bard PowerPort lawsuits will meet with lawyers today to review the status of pretrial proceedings and the selection of the next round of bellwether cases.

• Judge Declines To Extend Bard PowerPort Lawsuit Deadlines Under Discovery Schedule

  November 13, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  As parties prepare for early Bard PowerPort lawsuit bellwether trials, the court rejected a request to extend discovery deadlines by two months.

• AngioDynamics Xcela Port Catheter Problems Caused Sepsis Infection, Lawsuit Claims

  October 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Defective design of the AngioDynamics port catheter allegedly caused a Georgia woman to develop sepsis, resulting in the need for surgical removal of the implant.

• AngioDynamics Port Catheter Lawsuit MDL Established in Southern District of California

  October 7, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  U.S. JPML has transferred all AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings as part of a federal MDL (multidistrict litigation).

• Lawsuit Alleges Angiodynamics Vortex Chemo Port Catheter Broke During Removal

  September 27, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A defective design in the AngioDynamics Vortex chemo port allegedly caused the catheter to break while being removed, leaving fragments behind that cannot be removed.

• Angiodynamics LifePort Lawsuit Filed Over Risk of the Port Catheters Failing, Causing Severe Injury

  September 16, 2024

  Russell Maas

  Complaint comes as a panel of federal judges are scheduled to hear oral arguments later this month, to determine whether all AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts nationwide should be centralized before one judge.

• Port Catheter Infection Lawsuits Over Bard PowerPort Devices Claim Faulty Design Promotes Colonization of Bacteria

  September 9, 2024

  Russell Maas

  Hundreds of currently pending Bard PowerPort lawsuits over infections, fractures and migration injuries were consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL), but now even more claims present similar allegations that the implantable port catheter system has dangerous design defects that were not adequately disclosed by the manufacturer.

• Bard Faces Over 460 PowerPort Lawsuits Spread Between Federal MDL, New Jersey and Arizona State Courts

  August 23, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The manufacturer now faces more than 460 Bard PowerPort lawsuits filed in both state and federal courts, claiming that the port catheter implants' defective design has led to numerous injuries, infections and the need for revision surgery to have them removed due to failures.