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IN RE: COOK MEDICAL INC.

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:14-ml-02570

Court:

Indiana Southern

Nature of Suit:

367(Personal Injury: Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability)

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Judge Richard L. Young

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  1. August 12, 2021

    Claims Filed Too Late In Cook Medical Vein Filter Suit

    An Indiana federal judge has thrown out a suit alleging a Michigan man was implanted with a faulty inferior vena cava filter made by Cook Medical LLC, saying the suit was filed after the statute of limitations had expired.

  2. October 27, 2020

    Judge Wants New Bellwether List In Cook Vein Filter MDL

    The Indiana federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over alleged defects in Cook Medical Inc.'s vein filters has asked the company and the plaintiffs' steering committee to narrow down a list of possible bellwether cases, after the three previous bellwethers ended before trial.

  3. July 01, 2020

    Cook Chastises Firm For 'No-Injury' Vein Filter Bellwether

    Cook Medical Inc. told an Indiana federal judge on Tuesday that a national injury law firm has filed a host of "no-injury" cases, including the bellwether in the multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective vein filters.

  4. June 22, 2020

    Cook Medical Wants Fraud Claims Tossed From MDL

    Fraud claims against Cook Medical Inc. and associates are too vague, can't be proven and should be dropped from multidistrict litigation alleging the company's vein filters injured patients, Cook has told an Indiana federal court.

  5. January 10, 2020

    Judge Orders New Trial In Cook Medical Vein Filter Bellwether

    An Indiana federal judge has ordered a new trial in a bellwether suit alleging Cook Medical Inc.'s inferior vena cava filters are defective and lead to injury and death, undoing a $3 million verdict the plaintiff won in February.

  6. February 04, 2019

    Bellwether Jury Awards $3M In Cook Medical Vein Filter MDL

    An Indiana federal jury on Friday awarded a woman $3 million in the third bellwether case in multidistrict litigation alleging Cook Medical Inc.'s vein filters injured patients, finding the defectiveness of the company's product was the reason for the woman's injury.

  7. December 07, 2018

    Cook Medical Slashes 3rd Bellwether Suit In Vein Filter MDL

    An Indiana judge has granted Cook Medical Inc. summary judgment on most counts in the third bellwether case in multidistrict litigation alleging the company's vein filters injured patients, ruling that the physician who implanted the filter was aware of the risks and would not have treated his patient differently even after learning of her subsequent injuries.

  8. October 17, 2016

    Cook Medical's 2nd Bellwether Pick OK'd In Vein Filter MDL

    An Indiana federal judge on Monday selected Cook Medical Inc.'s pick for the second bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation brought by patients alleging they were injured by the company's vein filters, holding that the suit is more representative of the injuries and issues alleged than the other option.

  9. September 30, 2016

    Patients Blast Cook's Bellwether Pick In Vein Filter MDL

    Patients in multidistrict litigation alleging they were injured by Celect vein filters made by Cook Medical Inc. urged an Indiana federal court Friday to reject the company's bid to select the second bellwether case in a row, saying Cook's second pick is too similar to the first.

  10. September 28, 2016

    Patients Urge Same Schedule For 3 Trials In Vein-Filter MDL

    Patients claiming they were injured by Cook Medical Inc.'s Celect vein filters on Wednesday asked an Indiana federal court to set pretrial deadlines for all three bellwethers in multidistrict litigation on the same schedule, arguing the other two cases should be able to move forward if the first trial is delayed or canceled.

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