The lawsuit was filed by Adriana R. H., a woman from Nevada who was injured by the Denali® Inferior Vena Cava Filter (“IVC Filter”) manufactured by C.R. Bard and Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc.
The IVC Filter was implanted on May 17, 2014 at a hospital in Colorado. Her injuries occurred after she moved to Nevada.
C.R. Bard is charged with negligence, strict products liability, failure to warn, design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, breach of express and implied warranty, fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment, and punitive damages.
The lawsuit was filed on April 1, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona — Case No. 2:18-cv-01006-DGC.
It will be centralized with over 3,600 other IVC filter lawsuits now pending against C.R. Bard in Multi-District Litigation (MDL No. 2641) — IN RE: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation.
The plaintiff is represented by Ben C. Martin of The Law Offices of Ben C. Martin in Dallas, Texas. He serves on the plaintiffs’ steering committee of the Bard IVC Filter MDL.
Editor’s note: For more information about IVC Filter lawsuits and your legal rights, please contact The Law Offices of Ben C. Martin.