IVC Filter Injury Jury Reaches Verdict for Plaintiff, Bard to Pay $3.6 Million in Damages

A federal jury in Arizona has returned a verdict of $2 million in compensatory damages and another $2 million in punitive damages for a woman whose IVC blood filter broke inside her body, causing her to undergo open heart surgery for her survival. As reported by Law360, the jury found that vein filter manufacturer C.R.