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.…
While parties may reach settlement agreements in some Bard IVC filter lawsuits, the majority are likely to be remanded back to their originating districts for individual trials, according to a recent case management order.…
A Cook Celect IVC filter trial has ended in a $3 million verdict, which could increase during the punitive damages phase.…
Problems with the designs of certain inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have caused many individuals nationwide to suffer severe complications and injuries when the small devices fractured or broke inside the body.…
A panel of federal judges say there is no need to formally add lawsuits involving complications from a permanent IVC filter to a MDL involving Bard retrievable IVC filters, noting the cases are already being filed and accepted as part of the mass litigation.…
A new study warns that IVC filters are linked to an increased risk of death among pulmonary embolism patients.…
Parties involved in Cook IVC filter litigation have been ordered to continue settlement negotiations that could resolve hundreds or thousands of cases.…
A federal jury granted C.R. Bard a defense verdict in the third Bard IVC filter case to go to trial.…
The next Bard IVC filter bellwether trial begins in September, but there are a number of questions about how the trial should be conducted before it begins.…
An Option Elite IVC Filter lawsuit indicates that the very retrieval hook that should be used to remove the implant became embedded in a woman’s body, making the device un-retrievable and placing her at risk of future complications.…
