$3.6 Million Verdict Over Bard IVC Filter Fracture Upheld By 9th Circuit...
A federal appeals court has upheld a $3.6 million jury award against C.R. Bard, for complications caused by an IVC filter that fractured and broke, rejecting multiple arguments by the manufacturer that...
View ArticleMore Than 10,000 Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Likely To Be Filed Against C.R. Bard in...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal Bard hernia mesh lawsuits indicates there will likely be at least 10,000 claims brought in the multidistrict litigation (MDL), before the first...
View ArticleHernia Mesh Case Cleared For First Bellwether Trial Involving Lawsuit Over...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard has determined that the first bellwether case can proceed to trial, after denying the manufacturers...
View ArticleNearly 15,000 Hernia Mesh Claims Filed Against Bard, Ethicon and Atrium in...
Three major medical device manufacturers face a combined total of nearly 15,000 hernia mesh lawsuits which have been filed throughout the federal court system, each involving similar allegations that...
View ArticleBard Ventralight ST Trial in January Likely To Signal Outcomes In Thousands...
With the first federal bellwether trial set to begin early next year out of thousands of Bard hernia mesh lawsuits, the U.S. District Judge presiding over the litigation has issued pretrial rulings on...
View ArticleBard Hernia Mesh Jury Trial Set To Begin April 19, 2021 Following Further...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all Bard hernia mesh lawsuits pending throughout the federal court system has re-scheduled the first bellwether jury trial to begin on April 19, 2021, following...
View ArticleBard Ventralex Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Expected To Go Before Jury in Late Summer...
With more than 8,000 Bard hernia mesh lawsuits pending throughout the federal court system and parties preparing for a first bellwether trial set to begin in April, the U.S. District Judge presiding...
View ArticleUnsettled Bard IVC Filter Lawsuits Ripe For Reinstatement, Remand and...
Parties involved in the federal Bard IVC filter litigation have identified nearly 500 claims that are ready to be reinstated, remanded or transferred back to U.S. District Courts nationwide for trial,...
View ArticleBard Objects to Hernia Mesh Case Selected For Third Bellwether Trial
While the first of two Bard hernia mesh lawsuits are set to go before a jury in April 2021, the manufacturer is challenging the plaintiffs’ third case selection for the “bellwether” process, arguing...
View ArticleFirst Lawsuit Over Bard Hernia Mesh Failure Rescheduled For Trial on August...
Following a number of delays associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the first federal trial involving problems with Bard hernia mesh has been rescheduled to begin on August 2, 2021, serving as...
View ArticleHernia Mesh Lawsuits
A number of different types of hernia mesh made by various manufacturers have been associated with design defects that could cause severe and life-threatening complications after hernia surgery. FIND...
View Article$926K Awarded By Jury in IVC Filter Lawsuit Against Bard
A federal jury in Portland, Oregon has awarded nearly $1 million to a man whose vena cava was perforated by a Bard Eclipse IVC filter, after finding the small device intended to catch blood clots was...
View ArticleSeries of Four Bard Hernia Patch Lawsuits Selected For Bellwether Trials...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal Bard hernia mesh lawsuits has identified four “bellwether” cases which will go before juries, starting with trials scheduled to begin on August 2,...
View ArticleIVC Filter Lawsuits
Problems with the designs of certain inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have caused many individuals nationwide to suffer severe complications and injuries when the small devices fractured or broke...
View ArticleBard Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial Set To Begin, Potentially Setting Tone For...
Trial begins this week in the first bellwether case against C.R. Bard, which may forecast how juries are likely to respond to certain evidence and testimony that will be repeated throughout thousands...
View ArticleFirst Bard Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial Continues in Federal Court
A jury continues to hear evidence and testimony about design problems with hernia mesh sold by C.R. Bard, as the first federal bellwether trial nears the end of its third week. Parties involved in more...
View ArticleBard Hernia Mesh Trial Proceeds, After Judge Denies Motion for Judgment as...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal Bard hernia mesh lawsuits has rejected a mid-trial motion filed by the manufacturer for Judgement as a Matter of Law in the first “bellwether” case to...
View ArticleJury Returns Defense Verdict in First Bard Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial
A federal jury in Ohio returned a defense verdict this week in favor of C.R. Bard and Davol, Inc. in the first federal “bellwether” trial involving complications with certain hernia mesh products,...
View ArticleHernia Mesh Lawyers To Meet With Judge In Advance of Second Bard “Bellwether”...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuits filed over problems with products sold by C.R. Bard will meet with lawyers next month, as the parties make final preparations for...
View ArticlePretrial Schedule For Second Bellwether Lawsuit Over Bard Hernia Mesh...
The U.S. District Judge presiding over all Bard hernia mesh lawsuits has outlined the pretrial schedule leading up to the next bellwether case, which is slated to go before a jury starting in January...
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