Cook IVC Filter

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: the short answer

• Current stage: Active MDL with a second Günther Tulip bellwether process and individual case administration.
• Pending count: 6,501 actions on the September 1, 2026 JPML report; 11,478 is the separate historical total.
• Settlement: No MDL-wide settlement program or payment schedule was identified in reviewed official records.
• Deadline: State law and individual facts control; 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

September 1, 2026: 6,501 actions pending

The JPML report lists 6,501 pending actions and 11,478 historical actions. On August 3, the corresponding figures were 6,537 and 11,474.

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

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 settlements and verdicts

The official MDL page and reviewed orders do not announce an MDL-wide settlement program, universal compensation matrix, or payment deadline. A settlement or verdict in one case depends on that case's proof and does not establish a standard payment for others.

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.

What is the deadline to file?

There is no single national deadline for every Cook IVC filter claim. State statutes of limitation and repose, implant and diagnosis 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.

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 September 2026 statistics and transfer order, the Southern District of Indiana MDL page, Case Management Order 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 records reviewed September 22, 2026 do not announce a global Cook IVC filter settlement program, 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