The ParaGard IUD with copper mass tort litigation involves thousands of lawsuits from women who claim that an intrauterine device called ParaGard is unsafe and has directly caused injuries and harm.

The crux of the lawsuit is that the device’s unique design directly contributes to fracture during removal and that there was not adequate label warning for these risks. The litigation further alleges that Teva Pharmaceuticals and CooperSurgical, who manufactured the IUD, improperly manufactured the product and failed to educate consumers about the product defect. It also alleges Teva and CooperSurgical knew the device was defective.

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation centralized all the claims in December 2020 in the Northern District of Georgia under U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May. In that holding, the panel wrote: “the actions involve sufficient common questions of fact and that centralization in the Northern District of Georgia will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation.”

The panel also held that centralizing the lawsuit would avoid duplicative discovery and other pretrial proceedings and the possibility of inconsistent rulings on pretrial matters.

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