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March 30, 2018 – An Arizona jury unanimously ruled in favor of Plaintiff who claimed that she suffered injuries after receiving a G2 IVC filter device which later fractured in her body.

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References:

Silvestrini, Elaine. “$3.6 Million Awarded in First Bard IVC Filter Case.” Drug Watch, 30 March 2018, https://www.drugwatch.com/news/2018/03/30/3-6-million-awarded-first-bard-ivc-filter-case/.

“Bard Hit With $35M Punitive Damages In NJ Mesh Case.” Law360, 13 April 2018,  https://www.law360.com/articles/1033164/bard-hit-with-35m-punitive-damages-in-nj-mesh-case.

“Class 1 Device Recall OptEase Vena Cava Filter.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 29 March 2013, www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRES/res.cfm?id=119066.

“Class 3 Device Recall Gunther Tulip Vena Cava Filter Sets”. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 19 March 2019, https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=171163.

“Compensation for IVC Filter Patients”.  Consumer Safety Watch, https://www.consumersafetywatch.com/compensation-ivc-filter-lawsuit/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAqdP9BRDVARIsAGSZ8AlPudcVEUnp1J7fZ2qrJkMsyt7PIhRz4ZIIW5FZmqb9cxvtM3oe_hYaAsbdEALw_wcB.

Deso, Steven E., et al. “Evidence-Based Evaluation of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Complications Based on Filter Type.” Thieme Medical Publishers, June 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862854/.

“IVC Filter Lawsuit – Legal Claims for Complications and Injuries”.Shouse California Law Group, https://www.shouselaw.com.

Morales, JP, et al. “Decision analysis of retrievable inferior vena cava filters in patients without pulmonary embolism.” Journal of Vascular Surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 1(4):376-84, https://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/UCM396384.pdf.

“Multidistrict litigation”. 28 USC 1407, ttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1407.

Polemenakos, Lori. “$1.2 Million Verdict Reached In Cooke Celect IVC Filter Trial.” Leading Response, 30 May 2018, https://leadingresponse.com/ivc-filter-verdict/.

Ray, John. “Will $33.7 Million IVC Filter Verdict Expedite Mass Settlement?” Mass Tort Nexus, 30 October 2019, https://www.masstortnexus.com/News/5406/Will-337-Million-IVC-Filter-Verdict-Expedite-Mass-Settlement#:~:text=Rex%20Medical)-,The%20Jury%20awarded%20Tracy%20Reed%2DBrown%20%241%2C045%2C764%20million%20in%20future,presided%20over%20the%20Reed%20case.

Shah, Rena, MD et al. “Appropriate Use of Inferior Vena Cava Filters.” American College of Cardiology, 31 October 2016, https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2016/10/31/09/28/appropriate-use-of-inferior-vena-cava-filters

Silvestrini, Elaine. “$3.6 Million Awarded in First Bard IVC Filter Case.” Drug Watch, 30 March 2018, https://www.drugwatch.com/news/2018/03/30/3-6-million-awarded-first-bard-ivc-filter-case/.

Teicher, Erica. “Johnson & Johnson hit with over $1 billion verdict on hip implants.” Reuters, December 2016, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-verdict-hipimplants-idUSKBN13Q5XF.

Turner, Terry. “IVC Filter Lawsuits, Verdicts & Settlements”. Drugwatch, 7 July 2020,  https://www.drugwatch.com/ivc-filters/lawsuits/.

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Bard, Inc. 7/13/15.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 13 July 2015, https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm455224.htm

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