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MDL 2570 Update — Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit

In re: Cook Medical, Inc., IVC Filters Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation. Counts are monthly JPML snapshots and can change between reports.

Lawsuit status — November 2026

Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit

Verified November 10, 2026

MDL
MDL-2570
Court
S.D. Ind.
Judge
Senior Judge Richard L. Young
Pending cases
6,467
Count as of November 2, 2026 · Source
-3 since prior report
Current phase
Active MDL; second Tulip bellwether pool in discovery
Settlement status
not announced
Latest development
JPML reports 6,467 pending actions in MDL-2570 on November 2, 2026, down 3 from October 1; 11,478 historical actions are reported separately.
Next major event
December 21, 2026 — Tulip bellwether fact discovery closes

What changed this month?

  • ●JPML reports 6,467 pending actions in MDL-2570 on November 2, 2026, down 3 from October 1; 11,478 historical actions are reported separately. Source
  • ●Public case and case-management pages reviewed November 10 do not announce an MDL-wide settlement track. Second Amended CMO 34 remains a bellwether discovery schedule, with fact discovery closing December 21, 2026. Source
  • ●The court's case management order list shows a July 14, 2026 Second Amended CMO 34: three Tulip bellwether candidates, fact discovery closing December 21, 2026, and the court selecting two for trial by May 26, 2027. Reviewed court pages post no settlement track or mediation order. Source
  • ●JPML reports 6,470 pending actions in MDL-2570 on October 1, 2026, down 31 from 6,501 on September 1; 11,478 total historical actions are reported separately. Source
  • ●The official MDL page continues to list MDL-2570 before Senior Judge Richard L. Young; reviewed public records do not announce an MDL-wide settlement program. Source

MDL details

Created
October 15, 2014
Pending
6,467
Total actions filed
11,478
Monthly change
-3

Defendants named in the tracked record

Cook Medical Incorporated; Cook Incorporated; Cook Group Incorporated; William Cook Europe ApS. Defendants dispute the allegations.

Historical case counts

ReportPendingTotal filed
November 2, 20266,46711,478
October 1, 20266,47011,478
September 1, 20266,50111,478
August 3, 20266,53711,474

What the litigation alleges

The tracked claims concern inferior vena cava filter product-liability claim, including ivc filter fracture, migration, perforation, tilt, embolization, or difficult retrieval. These are allegations; defendants dispute liability and causation.

Stage and bellwether status

JPML lists MDL-2570 as active before Senior Judge Richard L. Young. The July 14, 2026 Second Amended Case Management Order 34 sets fact discovery to close December 21, 2026 for three Günther Tulip bellwether candidates; the court is to select two for trial by May 26, 2027 and set trial dates at a June 2027 conference. No trial dates are set.

Bellwether record: Under Second Amended CMO 34, the court selects two of the three candidates for trial after expert discovery; trial dates are to be set at a June 2027 conference.

Settlement status

The Southern District of Indiana MDL-2570 case page and case-management order list, reviewed November 10, 2026, do not post an MDL-wide settlement track, mediation program, compensation matrix or payment schedule. The July 14, 2026 Second Amended CMO 34 sets bellwether discovery dates and contains no settlement terms. Those public pages are not a complete live PACER docket and do not establish the status of private negotiations.

Individual claims: No universal Cook IVC filter payment amount is verified here.

Official sources

Related guides

Read the national Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit guide