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• Cook IVC Filter Trial Slated for June Cancelled Following Summary Judgment Due to Statute of Repose

  April 2, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Cook IVC filter lawsuit scheduled to go to trial in June has been dismissed after defendants were granted a motion of summary judgment based on statute of repose laws.

• New Trial Ordered For Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit That Resulted in $3M Jury Verdict

  January 9, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A request for a new trial has been granted in a Cook IVC filter lawsuit which originally resulted in a $3 Million verdict for the plaintiff.

• Lawsuit Over Option Retrievable Blood Clot Filter Results in $33M Jury Verdict

  October 29, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A Georgia woman has been awarded $33 million in a lawsuit over an Option Retrievable IVC filter which she says was defectively designed and punctured her vena cava.

• Hundreds of Bard IVC Filter Lawsuits Ready for Remand, After Thousands of Other Claims Settled

  August 27, 2019

  Austin Kirk

  Hundreds of Bard IVC filter lawsuits are being remanded back to various federal courts for trial, with thousands more settled or close to settlement.

• IVC Filter Placement Following Traumatic Injury Failed To Reduce Risk of Pulmonary Embolism, Death: Study

  July 16, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that early placement of IVC filters does not reduce the risk of pulmonary embolism or death in patients who have suffered severe trauma.

• Filing of New Bard IVC Filter Lawsuits No Longer Allowed Directly in Federal MDL, As Consolidated Pretrial Proceedings Close

  June 10, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  The Bard IVC filter MDL is closed to new cases, as the parties prepare to either reach settlements or remand thousands of claims back to their originating districts.

• Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit Settles Days Before Trial Was Set To Begin

  May 14, 2019

  Austin Kirk

  A settlement agreement was reached just days before a Bard IVC filter lawsuit was slated to go to trial, and most cases will be placed on a settlement track by July 1, according to court documents.

• Lawsuit Over Fractured Bard IVC Filter Can Proceed to Trial Next Month, Judge Rules

  April 18, 2019

  Austin Kirk

  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.

• Cook Medical Seeks to Overturn $3M Verdict in IVC Filter Bellwether Lawsuit

  March 19, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  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.

• Cook Blood Clot Filter Trial Ends In $3M Verdict, But No Additional Punitive Damages

  February 14, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  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.