A recent medical study has added to the growing body of clinical evidence regarding the association between inferior vena cava (IVC) filters and life-threatening health complications. It also questions whether trauma patients could really benefit from having these implants placed. IVC filters are intended to... Read More

The lawyers of a number of plaintiffs who have filed IVC filter lawsuits against C.R. Bard have applied for leadership positions in the recently created multidistrict litigation. On Aug. 17, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation established consolidated pretrial proceedings for all product liability cases regarding vena cava... Read More

U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young has ordered a small group of bellwether cases to be prepared for early trial dates. The lawsuits, which were filed against Cook Medical, involve allegations regarding the defendant’s medical devices, known as vena cava filters. To date, there are... Read More

Earlier this month, Kevin Gross filed an IVC filter lawsuit against C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, a resident of North Wales, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, allegedly suffered serious injury from a... Read More

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has accepted a motion filed by a group of plaintiffs to centralize all Bard IVC filter lawsuits as part of one coordinated litigation process. The federal multidistrict litigation formed by the panel (MDL No. 2641, In Re:... Read More

Increasing ranks of patients previously implanted with inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are now filing lawsuits after suffering serious, sometimes deadly complications. Though designed to reduce the likelihood that blood clots will travel to the lungs in patients predisposed to their formation, growing reports of... Read More