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• More Than 260 Bard PowerPort Lawsuits Filed Over Complications From Port Catheter Devices: Status Report

  May 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The number of Bard PowerPort lawsuits has grown to more than 260 claims that the port catheter implants are defectively designed and can lead to infections and port implant failure.

• Polyurethane Port Catheter Systems Fail Faster Than Silicone, Pediatric Study Finds

  April 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study warns that polyurethane catheters used with venous port implants are prone to failing significantly sooner than those made of silicone.

• Court Orders Bard PowerPort Lawsuit Bellwether Process to Proceed As MDL Continues To Grow

  March 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has ordered the process for selecting potential Bard PowerPort bellwether trials to continue as planned, overriding concerns raised by the manufacturer about the number of cases filed to date.

• Bard Chemo Port Lawsuits Filed Over Fractures, Thrombosis, Infection and Other Complications Linked To Variety of Implanted Devices

  March 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The manufacturer could face as many as 2,000 Bard chemo port lawsuits filed over a variety of injuries, affecting most of its PowerPort line of implants.

• Scope of Bard PowerPort Lawsuit MDL Expanded To Include Alternative Theories of Causation for Port Catheter Infections

  February 14, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. JPML has ordered reservoir defect claims to be included in the Bard PowerPort lawsuit multidistrict litigation, over the manufacturers' objections.

• Lawsuits Over Bard Power Port Catheters Filed By April 1 May Be Eligible For First Six Bellwether Trials in MDL

  January 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs have until April 1 to file a Bard Power Port catheter lawsuit if they want to be considered for inclusion in early bellwether trials.

• Bard Port Lawsuits Involving Reservoir Defects May Be Combined With MDL for PowerPort Catheter Failures

  January 11, 2024

  Russell Maas

  The U.S. JPML will hold a hearing to determine whether to include Bard PowerPort reservoir failure lawsuits in the existing Bard PowerPort multidistrict litigation.

• New Bard Power Port Lawsuits Can Now Be Directly Filed in Federal MDL

  December 11, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs may now file new Bard Power Port lawsuits directly with the MDL federal court in Arizona.

• Bard PowerPort Lawsuits To Be Prepared For Series of Early Bellwether Trials in MDL

  December 5, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has laid out the selection and discovery process for the first Bard PowerPort lawsuits to go before juries.

• Severity of Bard PowerPort Complications and Likelihood of Problems Occurring Were Withheld from FDA and Consumers: Lawsuit

  November 21, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A Bard PowerPort lawsuit accuses the manufacturers of concealing known defects and complications from patients and the medical community.