The number of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter injury and death lawsuits continue to climb and now are past the 3,000 mark over design defects leading to fractures, migration, tilting and perforation. Recent medical studies have linked IVC filters to serious and catastrophic injuries. What are IVC Filters? IVC filters…
The Bard IVC Filter Injury lawsuits heading to trial set for 2017, according to the U.S. District Judge presiding over the coordinated pretrial proceedings in Phoenix, Arizona. Judge Campbell ruled that the first “bellwether” trial will probably go before a jury in fall of 2017. Since that date is a year away, more likely…
If there was ever a medical device that was rushed to market and continued to be marketed after the company knew that the device was defective, look no further. Bard and other Inferior Vena Cava filter device makers are under fire for selling a grossly defective medical device that is…
Ava Langford from Missouri, has filed a lawsuit claiming that she developed serious and severe personal injuries when a Bard G2 inferior vena cava (IVC) filter fractured and broke apart. Langford filed her complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, alleging that a Bard G2…
The truth is that thousands of people have been severely injured by the side effects of these medical devices. And shockingly the injuries were avoidable simply enough by the timely and diligent removal of these temporary devices. Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava…
Lawsuits filed against Cook Medical over their defective IVC filters are gaining traction and moving towards trial. U.S. District Judge Young is overseeing the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) and has announced that a group of 10 Cook Medical inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuits have been chosen for early trial…
As a Dallas personal injury attorney and Texas medical doctor, I am highlighting the risks associated with retrieval inferior vena cava filters. Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from…
According to a recent ruling by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), all filed Bard Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter injury, perforation and migration lawsuits, are to be consolidated and centralized before one federal judge in Phoenix, Arizona for coordinated pretrial proceedings. Existing cases pending throughout the federal…
According to recent reports, there is good news to share with injured women about a major vaginal mesh and bladder sling manufacturer announcing settlement to resolve their serious injury and product liability claims. Bard Announces Avaulta Vaginal Mesh Settlement C.R. Bard announces settlement of large groups of injury and product…
The massive transvaginal mesh injury lawsuits has been slowly winding its way through both the federal and state court system, over the past 4-5 years. The unwieldy personal injury and defective product liability litigation, which now by some estimates tops 100,000 filed lawsuits by injured and affected women, has been…