Sherr-Una Booker alleged that a Bard G2 vena cava filter was defective, as it had tilted, migrated, and fractured while inside her inferior vena cava. She filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, C.R. Bard, stating that the defendant should be held liable for her losses.... Read More

Health Canada has issued a warning regarding inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. The agency has alerted healthcare providers to the fact that these filters can lead to serious complications, including perforation of the vein by the filter, fracture of the filter and patient death. The... Read More

An increasing number of patients have filed product liability lawsuits regarding the alleged defects of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, which are designed to capture blood clots as they pass by in the bloodstream. Although the IVC filters are intended to prevent complications in patients... Read More

Hundreds of IVC filter lawsuits alleging defective design, misrepresentation in marketing, and failure to warn have been leveled against Cook Medical since 2013. The complaints center around problems with the company’s inferior vena cava filters, small cage-like devices which are designed to prevent the development... Read More

Two class action lawsuits have been formed against Cook Medical in Canada, resulting from allegations that the manufacturer’s inferior vena cava filters are faulty. Plaintiffs claim the small cone-shaped devices broke apart inside their bodies, which resulted in excruciating complications. One of the plaintiffs, Wendy Kopeck,... Read More

A discovery schedule has been proposed for the Bard IVC filter lawsuits currently pending under multidistrict litigation in Arizona. The schedule pertains to some of the initial cases filed in the MDL and should allow for the first federal trials to get underway during the... Read More

C.R. Bard knew that a modified version of its IVC filter was as flawed as the product it was intended to replace, according to recently surfaced internal memos obtained by NBC News. An investigative report claims that confidential company records detailed potentially fatal problems with... Read More

An increasing number of patients have begun to file IVC filter lawsuits in the federal court system against C.R. Bard and Cook Medical, claiming the devices have the potential to migrate. Plaintiffs claim when these small metal devices drift, they can puncture the vena cava... Read More