IVC Filter Lawsuits Consolidated Into MDL By JPML As Plaintiffs Prepare For Trial

June 27, 2016 – – TheProductLawyers.com reports on recent controversy related to IVC filters manufactured by Cook Medical. A settlement conference is being planned to try to avert the litigation of lawsuits filed against Cook and consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL) by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). The JPML created the MDL in October of 2014 and is being overseen in a federal court in the Southern District of Indiana. The MDL was able to be created because all the lawsuits encompassed in it were filed against the same defendant and contained similar allegations.

Plaintiffs are hopeful that a settlement can be reached so that trials can be avoided, which are tentatively scheduled to begin in early September of 2016. In March of 2016, a settlement conference had been scheduled with a U.S. Magistrate Judge for all parties involved to negotiate a potential settlement. However, the defendants requested additional time to prepare and the March settlement conference was postponed with a subsequent date not yet identified.

The plaintiffs claim the Cook IVC filters are defective and dangerous. The small cage-like filters are designed to capture blood clots from the lower body traveling toward the heart and lungs to prevent a pulmonary embolism. The filters are used in patients many times, that cannot take traditional blood thinners and are recommended by the FDA to be temporary. They are meant to be removed when the threat of embolism is no longer present.

The plaintiffs allege in many of the complaints that the filters moved from their original insertion points and other allege that the devices have fractured, with the pieces migrating to other parts of the body. The pieces have allegedly become lodged into riskier areas thus preventing removal. Not being able to remove the device or the pieces has placed several plaintiffs in life-threatening positions.

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