Plaintiffs and defendants disagree about whether a Bard PowerPort MDL should be established for lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system
Implantable port intended to make receiving chemotherapy drugs easier malfunctioned, sending pieces of the fractured Bard PowerPort M.R.I. device into woman's heart.
Manufacturers claim they have resolved previous lawsuits over port catheter complications in an average of 18 months.
At least 10 Bard implanted port lawsuits have been filed in federal courts nationwide, but hundreds of additional claims are expected in the coming weeks and months.
Lawsuit indicates a California woman's wrongful death was the result of a Bard PowerPort facture and failure, which resulted in an emergency removal of the catheter port.
This is the latest of several Bard PowerPort catheter lawsuits filed in recent weeks; all claiming the catheter tube is defective and can erode and crack.
