28 results

• AngioDynamics Vaxcel Port Lawsuit Filed After Catheter Fractured in Patient’s Body

  January 6, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawsuit claims AngioDynamics knew there were fracture problems and risks from its Vaxcel product for years, but failed to change the chemo port’s construction or provide adequate warnings to the medical community or patients.

• AngioDynamics Port Catheter Lawyers Seek Leadership Roles in MDL

  December 17, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A proposal has been submitted for a group of 12 lawyers involved in AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits to serve in various leadership positions in the litigation, which involves dozens of claims that the implants were defectively designed, leading to fractures, migration and infections.

• 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.

• 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.

• MDL Sought for Angiodynamics Port Catheter Lawsuits Over Fractures, Infections, Blood Clots

  August 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A group of plaintiffs have asked the JPML to consolidate all AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits before one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.