{"id":6793,"date":"2018-04-16T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2019-12-29T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T11:48:15","slug":"2-6-million-jury-verdict-woman-injured-ivc-blood-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-6-million-jury-verdict-woman-injured-ivc-blood-filters\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.6 Million Jury Verdict for Woman Injured by IVC Blood Filters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sherr-Una Booker, 37, was implanted with a Bard G2 blood filter on June 21, 2007. The blood filter was intended to prevent blood clots. It broke apart, spreading metal fragments that had to be removed from her heart. She required open-heart surgery.<\/p>\n<p>These inferior vena cava (IVC) filters &#8212; like the one implanted in Booker&#8217;s heart &#8212; have been implanted in thousands of patients around the country although there is little evidence that they provide much of a benefit. The filters are described as little wire cages that are designed to catch blood clots. There is some evidence that suggests that the IVCs create more clots than they actually prevent.<\/p>\n<p>The many lawsuits that are pending allege that the IVC filters are negligently designed and break apart over time. The fractured IVCs can cause serious injuries like those sustained by Booker.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-6-million-jury-verdict-woman-injured-ivc-blood-filters\/#more-6793\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherr-Una Booker, 37, was implanted with a Bard G2 blood filter on June 21, 2007. The blood filter was intended to prevent blood clots. It broke apart, spreading metal fragments that had to be removed from her heart. She required open-heart surgery. These inferior vena cava (IVC) filters &#8212; like the one implanted in Booker&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[174,51,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ivc-filter-litigation","category-pharmaceutical-injuries","category-product-liability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$2.6 Million Jury Verdict for Woman Injured by IVC Blood Filters &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sherr-Una Booker, 37, was implanted with a Bard G2 blood filter on June 21, 2007. 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