Presiding Judge Ohta is expected to appoint a group of AngioDynamics port catheter lawyers to leadership positions, and prepare a group of bellwether cases for early test trials over the next few years.
Hundreds of currently pending Bard PowerPort lawsuits over infections, fractures and migration injuries were consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL) over one year ago, but now more claims present similar allegations that the implantable port catheter system has dangerous design defects not adequately disclosed by the manufacturer.
At least 20 AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits have been filed throughout the federal court system, each involving similar problems where the port catheter fractured, became infected or caused other problems.
