Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit Update

What the Cook IVC filter lawsuit is about

Cook IVC filter lawsuits allege defects in Cook filters and inadequate warnings about risks including fracture, migration, tilt, perforation, embolization, and difficult retrieval. Cook disputes the allegations. The JPML transfer order explains why federal cases were centralized for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

An imaging finding, adverse-event report, or unsuccessful retrieval does not by itself prove that a filter was defective or caused a compensable injury.

Cook IVC filter lawsuit update 2026: the short answer

• Current stage: Active MDL. Three Günther Tulip bellwether candidates are in fact discovery, which closes December 21, 2026 under the July 14, 2026 Second Amended CMO 34.
• Next trial: None scheduled. The court is to pick two of the three cases for trial by May 26, 2027 and set dates at a June 2027 conference.
• Pending count: 6,467 actions on November 2, 2026, down from 6,470 on October 1; 11,478 is the separate historical total.
• Settlement: No MDL-wide settlement program, settlement track, or payment schedule appears in the court's public MDL records reviewed November 10, 2026.
• IVC filter lawsuit deadline: There is no single national filing date. State statutes of limitation and repose control. See the deadline explanation and dates to gather; the MDL schedule is not a personal filing deadline.

The MDL 2570 tracker contains the count history, court assignment, dates, and sources.

Verified Cook IVC filter litigation updates

November 2, 2026: 6,467 actions pending

The JPML report lists 6,467 pending actions, down 3 from October 1, and a separate historical total of 11,478. These are action counts, not approved claim or payment counts.

October 1, 2026: 6,470 actions pending

The JPML report lists 6,470 pending actions and 11,478 historical actions. On September 1, the corresponding figures were 6,501 and 11,478.

For readers: A pending action is not an approved claim, and the historical total is not a settlement-participant count.

July 14, 2026: Tulip bellwether schedule amended

Second Amended Case Management Order 34 names three Günther Tulip bellwether candidates and sets these deadlines:

• December 21, 2026: fact discovery closes
• January 8, 2027: plaintiffs' expert reports
• March 19, 2027: Cook's expert reports
• April 26, 2027: expert discovery closes
• May 26, 2027: court selects two of the three cases for trial
• June 2027: conference to set trial dates

For readers: No trial date is set, and the order contains no settlement or mediation terms.

June 26, 2025: second Tulip bellwether plan

Case Management Order 34 created a pool of eligible Günther Tulip cases and a selection process for future trial dates. The order says the court sought further progress because a Tulip case had not yet been tried.

For readers: A bellwether plan schedules representative case work; it does not decide the outcome or value of every case.

Cook filter models and manufacturer boundaries

FDA records identify Cook Celect, Celect Platinum, and Günther Tulip vena cava filters. The exact implant record controls. A note that says only “IVC filter” does not establish that the product was made by Cook.

Do not combine this litigation with claims involving Bard, Cordis, Boston Scientific, or another company. The manufacturer, model, catalog number, lot number, implant facility, and procedure date should be documented whenever possible.

Claimed fracture, migration, perforation, tilt, and retrieval issues

The MDL transfer order describes allegations that Cook filters were more likely to fracture, migrate, tilt, or perforate the vena cava. Individual records may instead show stable placement, a different medical event, or no injury requiring treatment.

Imaging should be read in context by qualified clinicians. Keep the original report, images when available, comparison studies, symptoms, and treatment decisions together.

Factors in an individual claim review

A useful starting file identifies a Cook filter and documents the reason for implantation, follow-up, claimed complication, and any retrieval or treatment. Counsel still must assess defect theories, warnings, causation, medical need, alternative causes, damages, state law, and timing.

Include records showing clotting disorders, cancer, anticoagulation, trauma, later procedures, and other facts that may affect the medical analysis. Complete records are more useful than a selected timeline.

Cook IVC filter settlement negotiation status: how to track it

The public MDL-2570 pages reviewed November 10, 2026 do not announce an MDL-wide settlement track or payment program. The official case page and case-management order list continue to identify a bellwether discovery process. That process is not a settlement agreement.

A bellwether discovery schedule does not by itself establish the status of settlement negotiations. The July 14, 2026 Second Amended CMO 34 sets fact discovery to close December 21, 2026 and case selection by May 26, 2027; it does not announce settlement terms. A trial date is to be set later under that schedule.

Where to check for an actual change

1. Public MDL pages: Check the court's case page and order list for a dated settlement, mediation or case-management order.
2. Filed docket records: The court's selected-order search links to PACER case 1:14-ml-2570-RLY-TAB for the full filed record. The public website is not a complete live docket.
3. An individual case: Ask counsel about private negotiations, an offer, a release or a payment schedule. Those details may not appear on the public pages.

Check what a document covers: bellwether preparation, private talks, an individual agreement and an MDL-wide program describe different stages. A verdict or settlement in one case does not set a universal payment amount, and silence on a public page does not prove that no private talks are occurring.

Device and imaging records to organize

• Product identification: device card, implant log, stickers, catalog, lot, serial, and facility response.
• Placement: procedure report, indication, consent, imaging, and discharge instructions.
• Follow-up: office notes, radiology reports and images, anticoagulation history, and retrieval discussions.
• Complication and treatment: emergency, specialist, retrieval, endovascular, surgery, pathology, and device-analysis records.
• Costs and impact: bills, insurance statements, travel, wage loss, and later care.

Use the Cook IVC filter device-records guide to organize model, imaging, retrieval, and expense evidence.

IVC filter lawsuit deadline: statute of limitations and repose

There is no single national deadline for every Cook IVC filter claim. State statutes of limitation and repose, implant and complication dates, discovery facts, product identification, and prior filings can change the time available. MDL orders apply to particular filed cases and do not calculate a new claimant's deadline.

For a deadline review, gather the implant date, first documented complication, when you learned of that complication, retrieval or revision dates, states where treatment occurred, and any prior lawsuit or claim paperwork. An attorney needs the complete chronology to assess which law applies.

Deadlines have been enforced in this MDL. After earlier rulings on limitations and repose, the court entered Case Management Order 28 in October 2020. It required plaintiffs' counsel to screen pending cases and voluntarily dismiss those barred by the statute of limitations or repose, and it created a short-motion process for Cook to seek dismissal of other cases it considered time-barred. Because Cook filters have been in litigation since 2014, the date a person learned of a complication, and the state whose law applies, can decide whether a claim is timely. A licensed attorney must make that determination.

Questions for a lawyer

• Do my records identify a Cook filter and its exact model?
• What imaging documents the claimed change or complication?
• How do my implant indication and medical history affect causation?
• Which state's law and deadline may apply?
• What should be preserved if the filter or a fragment was removed?

Official sources and scope notes

This guide uses the JPML's November 2, 2026 statistics and transfer order, the Southern District of Indiana MDL page and case management order list (reviewed November 10, 2026), Case Management Orders 28 and 34 including the July 2026 Second Amended CMO 34, and FDA postmarket study records. It summarizes disputed litigation and does not give medical advice or determine whether a filter should be removed.

Where can I track the Cook IVC Filter lawsuit?

Use the mass tort settlement tracker to compare public settlement posture, the deadline tracker for filing-window and key-date notes , and the MDL statistics tracker for federal case counts and court assignments.

What injuries does the Cook IVC Filter lawsuit involve?

• Vena cava penetration or perforation
• Filter fracture
• Filter or fragment migration
• Filter tilt
• Difficult or failed retrieval
• Additional endovascular or surgical treatment

What evidence is needed for Cook IVC Filter claims?

• Implant procedure report and device card
• Model, catalog, lot, and serial information
• Follow-up imaging
• Retrieval procedure records
• Fracture, migration, tilt, or perforation findings
• Treatment and expense records

How has the Cook IVC Filter lawsuit progressed?

What is the Cook IVC Filter settlement status?

The official MDL page and case management orders reviewed November 10, 2026 do not post a global Cook IVC filter settlement program, settlement track, compensation matrix, or universal payment deadline.

What are the Cook IVC Filter lawsuit filing deadlines?

Deadlines vary by state and may depend on diagnosis date, discovery date, exposure history, wrongful death issues, and other facts. A lawyer can evaluate how the relevant deadline rules may apply.

State-by-state guide links