The first of three IVC filter bellwether lawsuits against Cook Medical began recently in Indiana. The three bellwether cases are part of the 1,900-lawsuit multidistrict litigation facing Cook Medical over injuries caused by its IVC filters.
A doctor in Kentucky is facing a medical malpractice lawsuit for allegedly failing to warn a patient about the health risks associated with intra vena cava filters. These devices – also known as IVC filters – are implanted by a surgeon in order to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients at risk of blood clots.
Lawsuits against Cook Medical and C.R. Bard were filed this month on behalf of women in Texas and Virginia who were injured as a result of complications from inferior vena cava filters (or IVC filters) manufactured by these companies. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against Cook Medical, C.R. Bard, and other IVC filter manufacturers…
The family of a Florida man who died after receiving an IVC filter sold by Rex Medical and Argon Medical Devices has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the companies. The lawsuit accuses the two companies of selling a defective medical product and of failing to warn patients about the risks of its Option Retrievable…
Canada’s top medical agency, Health Canada, has issued a warning about the risk of serious and potentially fatal complications for patients who are implanted with inferior vena cava filters, or IVC filters. Health Canada issued the warning after receiving more than 100 reports of serious complications among patients with an IVC filter.
A Louisiana man who suffered complications from an inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) manufactured by Cook Medical has filed a lawsuit against the company. Deandre Hayes filed an IVC filter lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana alleging that he was injured as a result of the defective design…
Patients who are implanted with an inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) may be at risk of suffering serious and potentially fatal complications from these devices, according to the Food and Drug Administration and health researchers who have studied these devices. IVC filters are used to prevent a pulmonary embolism in patients who cannot be…