Robin P. Lourie of Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance (Courtesy photo)
A federal jury in Arizona's verdict included $2 million in punitive damages against the makers of an implanted blood filter that broke apart and left fragments in a woman's heart and lodged in her artery. More than 3,000 suits have been filed against C.R. Bard over the devices.
April 02, 2018 at 04:35 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
A federal jury in Arizona awarded $3.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages in the first bellwether trial over thousands of complaints concerning Bard IVC blood filters.
The jury awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to plaintiff Sherr-Una Booker, but 20 percent was apportioned to a nonparty doctor. The panel also awarded $2 million in punitive damages.
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