Federal multidistrict litigation tracker
MDL 3081 Update — Bard PowerPort Lawsuit
In re: Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Liability Litigation. Counts are monthly JPML snapshots and can change between reports.
Lawsuit status — September 2026
Bard PowerPort Lawsuit
Verified September 14, 2026
- MDL
- MDL-3081
- Court
- D. Ariz.
- Judge
- Senior Judge David G. Campbell
- Pending cases
- 3,734
- 0 since prior report
- Current phase
- Active MDL and bellwether case management
- Settlement status
- not identified in reviewed records
- Latest development
- JPML reports 3,734 pending actions and 3,980 historical actions in MDL-3081.
- Next major event
- No future public court date is currently verified in this record.
What changed this month?
MDL details
- Created
- August 8, 2023
- Pending
- 3,734
- Total actions filed
- 3,980
- Monthly change
- 0
Defendants named in the tracked record
Becton, Dickinson and Company; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Bard Access Systems, Inc.. Defendants dispute the allegations.
Historical case counts
| Report | Pending | Total filed |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2026 | 3,734 | 3,980 |
| August 3, 2026 | 3,734 | 3,980 |
| June 1, 2026 | 3,376 | — |
What the litigation alleges
The tracked claims concern implanted medical device / failure-to-warn injury claim, including catheter fracture, migration, infection, thrombosis, and removal complications. These are allegations; defendants dispute liability and causation.
Stage and bellwether status
The September 2026 JPML report lists MDL-3081 as active before Senior Judge David G. Campbell in Arizona. The latest order on the public court page reviewed, CMO 46 filed March 20, 2026, addressed Cook trial preparation, Miller pool selection and Divelbliss expert issues. Those historical settings do not establish that a trial occurred; later outcomes were not verified in the public orders reviewed.
Settlement status
The Arizona public MDL orders reviewed on September 14, 2026 did not identify a global settlement program. The posted order collection reviewed ends with CMO 46 in March 2026, so it cannot establish the absence of later private resolutions.
Individual claims: No individual payment amount or universal payment date verified.