New Trial Granted In Cook IVC MDL Bellwether Case After Plaintiff Exhibit Tossed

Mealey's (January 22, 2020, 12:17 PM EST) -- INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana federal judge overseeing the Cook inferior vena cava (IVC) filter multidistrict litigation on Jan. 6 granted defendant Cook Medical Inc.’s motion for a new trial in a bellwether trial after agreeing that internal Cook emails about problems with IVC filters were not germane to the device at issue, were hearsay and were prejudicial (In Re:  Cook Medical Inc. IVC Filters [Tonya Brand], Nos. 14-14-mdl-2570 and 14-6018, S.D. Ind., Indianapolis Div., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8893)....

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