(October 3, 2018, 11:10 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona judge presiding over the third C.R. Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter multidistrict litigation bellwether trial on Oct. 2 granted the defendant judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) on the plaintiffs’ claim for future damages for cardiac arrhythmia but denied it as to loss of consortium, strict liability design defect and punitive damages (Lisa Hyde, et al. v. C.R. Bard Inc., No. 16-893, D. Ariz.)....