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• AngioDynamics Xcela Port Catheter Lawsuit Filed Over Infection, Need for Implant Removal

  January 28, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman has filed an AngioDynamics Xcela port catheter lawsuit after the device caused her to develop an infection and needed to be surgically removed.

• AngioDynamics Vaxcel Port Lawsuit Filed After Catheter Fractured in Patient’s Body

  January 6, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawsuit claims AngioDynamics knew there were fracture problems and risks from its Vaxcel product for years, but failed to change the chemo port’s construction or provide adequate warnings to the medical community or patients.

• AngioDynamics SmartPort Lawsuit Indicates Infection Led to Port Catheter Failure, Surgical Removal

  December 13, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Minnesota woman's AngioDymanics SmartPort lawsuit indicates the chemotherapy port catheter was the cause of an infection that required the implant's removal.

• Bard PowerPort Lawyers Will Update Judge on Status of Litigation at Case Management Conference

  December 3, 2024

  Russell Maas

  The judge presiding over all federal Bard PowerPort lawsuits will meet with lawyers today to review the status of pretrial proceedings and the selection of the next round of bellwether cases.

• AngioDynamics Xcela Port Catheter Problems Caused Sepsis Infection, Lawsuit Claims

  October 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Defective design of the AngioDynamics port catheter allegedly caused a Georgia woman to develop sepsis, resulting in the need for surgical removal of the implant.

• Lawsuit Alleges Angiodynamics Vortex Chemo Port Catheter Broke During Removal

  September 27, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A defective design in the AngioDynamics Vortex chemo port allegedly caused the catheter to break while being removed, leaving fragments behind that cannot be removed.

• Angiodynamics LifePort Lawsuit Filed Over Risk of the Port Catheters Failing, Causing Severe Injury

  September 16, 2024

  Russell Maas

  Complaint comes as a panel of federal judges are scheduled to hear oral arguments later this month, to determine whether all AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts nationwide should be centralized before one judge.

• Scope of Bard PowerPort Lawsuit MDL Expanded To Include Alternative Theories of Causation for Port Catheter Infections

  February 14, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. JPML has ordered reservoir defect claims to be included in the Bard PowerPort lawsuit multidistrict litigation, over the manufacturers' objections.

• Bard Port Lawsuits Involving Reservoir Defects May Be Combined With MDL for PowerPort Catheter Failures

  January 11, 2024

  Russell Maas

  The U.S. JPML will hold a hearing to determine whether to include Bard PowerPort reservoir failure lawsuits in the existing Bard PowerPort multidistrict litigation.