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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?
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 than not the date is liable to be moved as the cases get further developed.
Recent medical studies have linked IVC filters to serious injuries and death in severe cases.
Federal Multidistrict Litigation
Lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system over severe and catastrophic complications with Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have been centralized in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, since August 2015.
There are over 1,000 Bard IVC Filter injury lawsuits and wrongful death claims before Judge Campbell. These Bard IVC Filter injury lawsuits have similar claims; that patients suffered serious injuries and on occasion died after receiving a Bard G2, Bard Recovery, Bard Denali, Bard Eclipse, Bard Meridian or other Bard IVC filter for prevention of a pulmonary embolism.
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