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• IVC Filter Litigation Grows As Panel Set To Hear Bard Consolidation Arguments

  July 27, 2015

  Austin Kirk

  The number of cases against Cook Medical over its IVC filters has more than tripled since cases were consolidated in October.

• Motion Filed to Centralize Bard IVC Filter Lawsuits in Federal MDL

  May 19, 2015

  Austin Kirk

  A motion has been filed with the U.S. JPML seeking to consolidate all Bard IVC filter lawsuits before one judge as part of an MDL.

• Joint Status Conference Scheduled in All Transvaginal Mesh MDLs With Settlement Counsel

  April 8, 2015

  Austin Kirk

  Another group status conference has been ordered for all vaginal mesh lawsuits in an effort to reach a settlement that would avoid tens of thousands of trials.

• Cook Celect IVC Filter Lawsuit Filed Over Heart Lacerations

  March 19, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  Cook Medical faces a negligence lawsuit by a Michigan man who says the company's Cook Celect IVC Filter broke free and pierced his heart, requiring multiple emergency heart surgeries.

• Retrievable IVC Filter Risks to be Evaluated in First Large-Scale Study

  November 14, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study begins next year to evaluate the risks and effectiveness of IVC filters.

• Cook IVC Filter Litigation Centralized in Federal Court System

  October 15, 2014

  Austin Kirk

  All Cook IVC Filter lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system will be centralized as part of a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL).

• Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit MDL Centralization to be Considered at Panel Hearing

  October 1, 2014

  Austin Kirk

  A panel of judges will consider consolidating all Cook Medical IVC filter lawsuits under one judge for pretrial procedures.

• CloverSnare 4-Loop Recall Issued Over Pulmonary Embolism Risk

  September 5, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  A device designed to retrieve errant medical devices from the cardiovascular system can itself break and become a threat to patients, the FDA warns.

• MDL Motion Filed for Lawsuits Over Cook Celect, Gunther Tulip IVC Filters

  July 29, 2014

  Austin Kirk

  A motion has been filed with the U.S. JPML seeking to centralize all Cook Celect IVC filter lawsuits or Cook Gunther Tulip IVC filter lawsuits as part of a new MDL.

• Vaginal Mesh, Bladder Sling Lawsuits in MDLs Approach 60,000

  June 18, 2014

  Austin Kirk

  Nearly 60,000 lawsuits involving vaginal mesh and bladder sling products are currently pending in federal MDLs.