Indianapolis Business Journal

JULY 6-12, 2015

Patients from around the country have filed 100 lawsuits against Bloomington-based Cook Group Inc., alleging serious problems with some of its blood-clot filters. In this week’s issue, J.K. Wall takes a closer look at the consolidated case and the bigger issue of how medical device firms handle the increasing burden of product litigation. Also this week, Scott Olson tees up a dispute developing near a northside golf course that could be replaced by an apartment community. And in A&E Etc., Mike Lopresti checks back in with Chris Holtmann, the latest in a long line of Butler University coaching phenoms.

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Cook deluged by product lawsuits

Patients from around the country have filed 100 lawsuits against Bloomington-based Cook, alleging that some of its blood-clot filters have broken apart, moved or poked through the blood vessel where they are implanted.

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Language degraded value of Cultural Trail

Calling the Cultural Trail a “$63 million sidewalk” undercuts its true impact as an internationally recognized, urban pedestrian and bicycle pathway that cities from all over the world are hoping to replicate.

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