Judge Richard Young of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has set a goal to begin trying federal Cook inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuits by September 2016. In a recent case management order, Judge Young requested that the plaintiffs and defendants each choose five exemplary cases for bellwether IVC trial. The lists of cases have been submitted; now both sides in the multidistrict litigation ...
Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit Trials Expected to Begin in Late 2016
Posted November 3, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit Filed in Georgia
Posted October 8, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A Georgia couple has filed a C. R. Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuit alleging the company’s G2 Filter System forced the wife to undergo emergency surgery when a piece of the device broke away and perforated a muscle in her heart.
Bard IVC filters—small, spider-shaped devices intended to capture blood clots before they reach vital organs and cause embolic events—gained national attention recently when ...
continue reading...Bard IVC Filter MDL Status Conference Scheduled for October
Posted October 7, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
Lawyers from Lopez McHugh and other firms representing Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter plaintiffs are scheduled to meet later this month for the first Bard IVC filter MDL status conference. U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell, who has been assigned to the Arizona multidistrict litigation, will preside over the initial case management conference.
IVC filters are small, spider-shaped devices that are inserted into the vena ...
continue reading...Bard Waited on 2004 Report Urging IVC Filter Investigation
Posted September 24, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
In a recent story on Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, NBC News released a previously confidential report comparing the relative safety of Bard’s Recovery IVC filter with that of competing products. The report found that the Recovery filter posed a greater risk of filter fracture, device migration, and death than other retrievable and permanent IVC filters.
But what’s most surprising about this report is ...
continue reading...IVC Filter Cases Consolidated in MDL; Lopez McHugh Taking Referrals
Posted September 10, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A year-long investigation by NBC Nightly News has raised serious questions about why medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard, Inc. continued to sell and market its inferior vena cava (IVC) filters even after it seems to have become aware that its filters were failing and causing death and other serious injuries at rates significantly higher than other similar devices.
NBC’s two-part investigative piece, which ...
continue reading...NBC News Highlights Risks Posed by Bard ‘Recovery’ IVC Filters; Interviews Lopez McHugh Plaintiff
Posted September 2, 2015 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A year-long investigation by NBC Nightly News has raised serious questions about why medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard, Inc. continued to sell and market its inferior vena cava (IVC) filters even after it became aware that its filters were failing and causing death and other serious injuries at rates significantly higher than other similar devices.
The NBC ...
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