Federal court vacates judgment in IVC filter litigation case ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年1月7日—Invacatingtheverdict,theCourtconcludedthatthe“Plaintiffdidnothaveoverwhelmingevidencetoshowthefilterwasdefectiveorthatadefect ...

Bloomington, Ind. — On January 6,  the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated in its entirety a February 1, 2019, judgment against Cook Medical in the inferior vena cava (IVC) filter litigation. In vacating the verdict, the Court concluded that the “Plaintiff did not have overwhelming evidence to show the filter was defective or that a defect in the filter caused her injuries” and that “a jury could have just as easily found in Cook’s favor.”  The Court also ordered a new trial.

The District Court has dismissed more than 1,000 cases filed against Cook in the multi-district litigation.  Cook also has been successful in each of the two other multi-district bellwether cases on its IVC filters, winning a complete jury verdict in its favor in the first case, and winning the second through a complete summary judgment verdict. No court has conclu...