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• 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.

• Lawyers Propose Plans for Bard PowerPort Lawsuit Bellwether Trials in Federal MDL

  November 17, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A bellwether trial plan for Bard PowerPort lawsuits has been submitted by plaintiffs and defendants, in efforts to determine how many early test trials will be held and when.

• Infected Bard PowerPort Caused Septic Embolism, Need for Port Catheter Removal: Lawsuit

  November 13, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A Bard PowerPort lawsuit claims the implantable port catheter caused a man to suffer an infection and sepsis embolism, requiring the port catheter's removal.

• Bard Implantable Port Lawsuit Filed After Catheter Fractured, Resulting in Pulmonary Emboli and Other Injuries

  November 3, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The Bard implantable port lawsuit claims two devices failed in the same patient during her battle with malignant melanoma; one of which sent broken catheter fragments into her heart.

• Bard Power Port Lawsuit Centralization Sought in New Jersey Multi-County Litigation (MCL)

  October 23, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  Several plaintiffs have filed a petition with the New Jersey Supreme Court to consolidate all Bard Power Port lawsuits filed in that state before one judge for pretrial proceedings.

• Bard PowerPort Fragment Lodged in Heart, Resulting in Multiple Surgeries To Remove Fractured Chemo Port: Lawsuit

  October 11, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed by a Chicago woman says her heart was pierced by a Bard PowerPort fragment after the chemo port fractured due to defective design.