Due to a failure to warn doctors and patients of the complications of IVC filter usage, Houston firefighter Jeffrey Pavlock was awarded $1.2 million in a jury verdict against Cook Medical after ...

Medical device product liability litigation can take a number of seemingly unique twists and turns, but the case of Nelson v. Bard took a path that might have been predicted based on FDA-mandated ...

Aug 28 (Reuters) - Plaintiffs' lawyers who have agreed to pay a small share of their fees to the leaders of big, multidistrict litigation must abide by those deals even if they settle cases outside of ...

Two specific types of vena cava filters, devices used to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, appear to have evidence of fracturing inside the body, with some fractured fragments traveling to ...

MADISON, Wis., Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a $3.3 million jury verdict against medical device company Bard ...

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...

An IVC filter is a medical appliance used to prevent dangerous blood clots from migrating to the heart, lungs or brain. The filters are used after someone has undergone surgery to prevent pulmonary ...