Due to a failure to warn doctors and patients of the complications of IVC filter usage, Houston firefighter Jeffrey Pavlock was awarded $1.2 million in a jury verdict against Cook Medical after ...

It’s a massive, tangled legal case that shows no sign of wrapping up soon. Already, it has dragged on longer than the Golden Gate Bridge construction (four years) and World War II (six years). The ...

Unsealed court documents from lawsuits over inferior vena cava (IVC) filters expose a big gap between what manufacturers and regulators know about the safety of a medical device and how much of that ...

The lawsuits continue to pile up, dozens a month, against Cook Group from patients who say the company’s blood-clot filters malfunctioned, sometimes piercing organs and blood vessels, requiring ...

Dr. Vigna emphasizes the need for regulatory reforms, citing unsafe devices like Celect IVC filters, polyurethane PICC lines, and Coloplast slings Physicians make important decisions for their ...