Lawsuit Over Fractured Bard IVC Filter Can Proceed to Trial Next Month, Judge Rules
The judge overseeing Bard IVC filter lawsuits has rejected a motion to have the next bellwether trial dismissed, clearing the way for it to begin next month.…
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The judge overseeing Bard IVC filter lawsuits has rejected a motion to have the next bellwether trial dismissed, clearing the way for it to begin next month.…
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.…
Cook Medical is challenging a jury verdict earlier this year which awarded a woman $3 million from injuries she says were caused by problems with the Cook Celect IVC filter.…
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.…
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.…