A federal jury in Indiana has decided not to require Cook Medical to pay additional punitive damages in an IVC filter trial verdict that already requires the manufacturer to pay a woman $3 million for injuries linked to the use of the implant.…
A Cook Celect IVC filter trial has ended in a $3 million verdict, which could increase during the punitive damages phase.…
Parties involved in Cook IVC filter litigation have been ordered to continue settlement negotiations that could resolve hundreds or thousands of cases.…
A Texas man has been awarded $1.2 million in a lawsuit filed over injuries suffered when a Cook Celect IVC filter lawsuit tilted out of position and perforated his aorta.…
A jury has issued a defense verdict in the first Cook Celect IVC filter bellwether case to go to trial.…
New research highlights the risks associated with IVC filters, indicating that retrieval becomes much harder the longer the blood clot device is left inside of a patients. The findings come as thousands of IVC filter lawsuits are being pursued against manufacturers of the devices.…
Another series of settlement conferences has been scheduled for Cook IVC filter lawsuits, in hopes of reaching a resolution before bellwether trials begin in August.…
A second Cook IVC filter lawsuit involving a perforated vena cava allegedly caused by a Gunther Tulip IVC filter has been selected as a bellwether trial.…
Plaintiffs and defendants have filed dueling Cook IVC filter bellwether trial schedules, both of which would have the first case in front of juries by October 2017.…
A Cook Celect IVC filter lawsuit claims that pieces broke off, pierced a California woman’s inferior vena cava, and became lodged in her heart and kidney.…
