A federal jury in Arizona awarded $3.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages in the first bellwether trial over thousands of complaints concerning Bard IVC blood filters.

The jury awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to plaintiff Sherr-Una Booker, but 20 percent was apportioned to a nonparty doctor. The panel also awarded $2 million in punitive damages.

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