Johnson v. C R Bard Incorporated

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN NATALIE JOHNSON, Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER v. 19-cv-760-wmc C. R. BARD, INC., and BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC., Defendants. A jury found defendants C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (“Bard”), strictly liable for failing to warn physicians adequately of the dangers posed in the placement, retention and extraction of Bard’s removable Meridian filter. The jury then awarded plaintiff Natalie Johnson $3,300,000 in damages following the fracturing of her filter with two of its struts (or anchoring arms)…