![]() ![]() The investigation says that Bard knew about problems with the devices but did not pull them from the market. According to NBC, dozens of deaths and hundreds of non-fatal complications are linked to the Bard Recovery and G2 filters. Bard’s negligence regarding IVC filters was documented in an NBC News investigation. (Case 2:17-cv-04548-DGC)īard IVC filter class action lawsuits, which have been filed against in Florida, Pennsylvania, and California courts, intend to establish a medical monitoring fund for all patients implanted with Bard IVC filters because they will require ongoing tests to ensure the safety of the devices. His lawsuit is centralized with the MDL in Arizona. ![]() accuses Bard of manufacturing a defective device, failing to warn about side effects, designing a defective device, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, breach of implied and express warranty, and fraudulent misrepresentation. In December 2017 a lawsuit was filed by a man from Pennsylvania who was injured by Bard’s G2® Inferior Vena Cava Filter. 4:2015-cv-01749, Novemin Missouri Eastern District Court) in her lawsuit claims that the Bard G2 IVC filter, designed to snag and hold a mobile blood clot from traveling to the lung, instead has a tendency to fracture and fail, causing damage and injury in its wake. Langford from Missouri (Langford et al v. As of December 2017, 3,294 lawsuits remained pending in MDL-2641 IN RE: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation. In November 2017 Bard attempted to have all charges dismissed but the judge pointed out that Bard’s IVC filters had been approved through the FDA’s 510(k) process. Breaching their duty to act reasonably in order to prevent foreseeable patient harmĪll federal cases against Bard have been centralized in Arizona-where Bard is headquartered.Failing to warn about product defects and health risks and.Disregarding the health and safety of filter recipients to serve their own financial interests.Designing, manufacturing, and marketing defective medical devices.Concealing knowledge of device defects and dangers.Bringing to market unreasonably dangerous products.Lawsuits against IVC filter manufacturers accuse the companies of: The five devices mostly involved in the lawsuits are:Ĭurrently there are two IVC filter multidistrict litigations (MDLS): one for lawsuits filed against Cook and another for lawsuits filed against Bard. Bard and Cook Medical are accused of negligence and designing defective devices. IVC Filter Lawsuits As of December 2017, more than 6,000 IVC filter lawsuits are pending in federal court, involving 3,575 Cook IVC filters and 3,294 Bard IVC filters. ![]()
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