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Vena Cava Filter Lawsuit Filed by Rhode Island Woman

Thousands of people have filed lawsuits after they were injured by IVC filters that tilted, punctured through the vein, or could not be removed.

/ January 20, 2017

Vein Filter Injury Lawsuit Filed by Minnesota Man

Thousands of people who were injured by defective Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters have filed lawsuits against manufacturers for failing to warn about severe side effects.

/ January 19, 2017

Lawsuit Blames Guardrail on Man’s Death After Funeral

The family of a young man who was impaled by a guardrail just hours after attending his sister's funeral has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

/ January 18, 2017

Cook IVC Filter Injury Lawsuit Filed by California Woman

IVC filters prevent deadly blood clots in the lungs (pulmonary embolisms) but the risk of complications increases the longer they stay in the body — including the risk of causing blood clots or death.

/ January 18, 2017

Massive Increase in Taxotere MDL – Number of Lawsuits Triples to 700+

Over 700 lawsuits have been filed by people who blame the chemotherapy drug Taxotere for causing permanent baldness. There were 438 new lawsuits in the last month alone, nearly tripling the size of a nationwide litigation that was centralized in...

/ January 17, 2017

Texas Woman Files Blood Clot Filter Injury Lawsuit

Cook Medical is facing nearly 1,400 lawsuits from people who were injured by IVC filters — 45% of cases involve the Günther Tulip, an older design that studies have linked to high rates of vein penetration. It digs into the...

/ January 17, 2017

Illinois Man Files Cook Celect® IVC Filter Lawsuit

Over 2,500 lawsuits have been filed by people who were injured by blood clot-catching IVC filters. The longer a filter is implanted, the higher the risk of side effects — including the risk of developing blood clots, the same side...

/ January 16, 2017

Takata Pleads Guilty, Pays $1 Billion for Exploding Airbag Scandal

Takata Corp. of Japan will pay $1 billion and plead guilty to a criminal charge for hiding a dangerous defect that can cause airbag inflators to explode.

/ January 13, 2017

Washington Woman Files Günther Tulip® IVC Filter Lawsuit

A woman who was injured by a cage-like blood clot filter that was implanted in a blood vessel called the inferior vena cava (IVC) has filed a lawsuit.

/ January 13, 2017

Lawyers Ask to Consolidate 100+ Mirena Brain Injury Lawsuits

Migraine headaches and vision loss are symptoms of a brain injury linked to Bayer's Mirena IUD. There are now 116 lawsuits from women who developed high pressure in the skull, Intracranial Hypertension (IH) or Pseudotumor Cerebri (PTC).

/ January 12, 2017