A Florida federal judge recently denied a motion to dismiss filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., in an IVC filter lawsuit. The judge dismissed a failure-to-warn claim, but allowed the Bard IVC lawsuit to proceed on the grounds of defective design. According to the court order, the judge found that the plaintiff may be able to convince a jury ...
Nevada Court Denies Bard’s Request to Seal IVC Filter Lawsuit Files
Posted June 17, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada has denied a motion by C. R. Bard, Inc., to seal court files relating to a Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuit.
Although Bard has settled a few IVC filter lawsuits, it has also attempted to win at trial. In the second Bard lawsuit to go to trial, Lopez McHugh attorneys, including partner Ramon Rossi Lopez, put on extensive ...
continue reading...Study: Perforation the Rule, Not the Exception for Longer-Indwelling Cook IVC Filters
Posted June 16, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A study published in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology has turned up startlingly high rates of vena caval perforation by Cook Celect and Gunther Tulip inferior vena cava (IVC) filters.
IVC filters are a type of medical implant designed to prevent blood clots from forming in and traveling throughout the body, thus reducing the incidence of strokes and other life-threatening events. IVC filters have ...
continue reading...Cook IVC Filter Lawsuits Centralized in Southern Indiana MDL
Posted June 12, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ruled to consolidate all pending federal Cook IVC filter lawsuits in a multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. At the time of its filing, the litigation included 27 Cook IVC filter lawsuits pending in eleven districts. Since then, the case count has risen to approximately 100.
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continue reading...Plaintiffs File Motion to Consolidate Bard IVC Lawsuits
Posted June 10, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
Plaintiffs in Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuits have filed a motion to consolidate their cases before a single judge in a multidistrict litigation. A group of plaintiffs appeared before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, requesting coordinated pretrial proceedings in Texas or Nevada for at least 25 Bard IVC filter lawsuits in 22 federal jurisdictions. Hundreds of additional lawsuits are expected to be filed in the coming months.
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continue reading...FL Judge Allows New Testimony in Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit
Posted May 20, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
A Florida judge will allow plaintiffs in a Bard G2 IVC filter lawsuit to present expert testimony about fracturing and dislocation of the device. However, according to information on Harris Martin’s website, the judge will exclude opinions about the adequacy of the testing, design, manufacture, and labeling of Bard’s G2 filter.
IVC filters such as Bard’s G2 filter have been in use for ...
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