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Ports are placed in people already fighting for their health — chemotherapy patients, dialysis patients, people who needed reliable IV access. If your PowerPort broke, moved, or caused a serious infection or clot, one free phone call tells you whether you have a claim.
In short: The Bard PowerPort is an implanted port used to deliver medication — most often chemotherapy — directly into the bloodstream. Lawsuits allege the device’s catheter is prone to fracturing and migrating, causing infections, blood clots, and cardiac injuries.
The alleged defect: Plaintiffs allege the catheter material degrades in the body, allowing pieces to crack off and travel — sometimes into the heart or lungs — and that the manufacturer knew of high failure rates and failed to warn doctors and patients.
Who typically qualifies: Patients implanted with a Bard PowerPort who suffered catheter fracture or migration, a serious bloodstream infection, blood clots or thrombosis, or cardiac injury — particularly where the device had to be surgically removed or revised.
Act now: These claims proceed in coordinated national litigation, and deadlines turn on your injury date. Your implant and operative records tell the story — and we obtain them for you.
What the PowerPort Is — and What the Lawsuits Allege
A port-a-cath is supposed to be the easy part of treatment. Implanted under the skin of the chest or arm, it gives nurses reliable access for chemotherapy, antibiotics, fluids, and blood draws without a new needle stick in a worn-out vein every visit. The Bard PowerPort was one of the most widely implanted ports in the country, placed in patients who were already fighting cancer or serious illness.
The lawsuits allege the device has a dangerous flaw: a catheter made of material that can degrade and crack inside the body. When a catheter fractures, the fragments can migrate through the bloodstream — sometimes lodging in the heart or lungs — requiring emergency retrieval procedures. Plaintiffs also allege the device’s design fosters serious bloodstream infections and blood clots at rates far above comparable ports.
The claims allege the manufacturer knew about elevated failure rates from its own complaint data and kept selling the device without warning anyone. Cases from across the country are consolidated in coordinated federal litigation, and new claims continue to be filed.
Compensation in PowerPort Cases
A failed port does its damage to people who were already sick — interrupted chemotherapy, emergency retrieval procedures, sepsis scares, additional surgeries. Compensation in these claims can account for those medical expenses past and future, lost income, and the physical and emotional toll of a device failure layered on top of the illness it was supposed to help treat.
We do not quote settlement numbers on websites. We document your claim so it is valued on your facts — your device, your injury, your treatment — not an average.
How Your PowerPort Claim Works
Handled from Alabama, by an Alabama firm — with national trial co-counsel where your case benefits from it.
Free Phone Consultation
Tell us when your port was placed, what went wrong, and what it took to fix. We can usually tell you in one call whether you likely qualify.
Electronic Sign-Up and Records
The engagement is signed from your phone or computer. We collect operative reports, device identification records, and treatment records — the proof that qualifies and values your claim.
Your Claim Is Filed and Prosecuted
We file your claim in the coordinated national litigation, working alongside experienced trial co-counsel who help lead these dockets — disclosed to you, agreed in writing, at no added cost. Your relationship stays with us.
Resolution — No Fee Unless You Recover
The attorney fee comes out of any recovery, never out of your pocket. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee.
Bard PowerPort Claims — Frequently Asked Questions
1.What does it cost to pursue a PowerPort claim?
Nothing up front. The consultation is free, and the case is handled on a contingency fee — the attorney fee is a percentage of any recovery. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee.
2.I don’t know if my port was a Bard PowerPort. How do I find out?
Your hospital records will say. Every implanted device is documented in the operative report, usually with the manufacturer, model, and lot number. Identifying your device from those records is one of the first things we do — you do not need to know before you call.
3.My port is still in and working. Can I file a claim just in case?
Generally no — these claims require an actual injury, not worry about a future one. But if your doctor has flagged a problem with the device or recommended removal because of a defect concern, that is a different conversation. Call and tell us what your doctor said.
4.The port problems happened during my cancer treatment. Does that complicate the claim?
It is exactly what these claims look like. Most PowerPort injuries happened to chemotherapy patients — that is who the device was implanted in. The claim is about what the device failure added to your ordeal: the retrieval procedure, the infection, the interrupted treatment.
5.Will I have to go to court?
Almost certainly not. These claims proceed in coordinated national litigation and are handled through records and filings. Most clients complete their entire case by phone, email, and electronic signature without ever appearing anywhere.
6.Who will actually handle my case?
The Harris Firm LLC. We evaluate your claim, sign you up, gather your records, and stay your firm throughout — and we work alongside experienced national trial co-counsel who help lead this litigation, with every arrangement disclosed to you and agreed in writing at no added cost.
Find Out If You Qualify — Free
One free phone call tells you whether your device and injury qualify, and what happens next. No obligation, no fee unless you recover.
Have This Handy When You Call
✓ When and where your port was implanted
✓ What went wrong — fracture, migration, infection, or clot
✓ Procedures it took to fix, including removal or retrieval
✓ The hospital or clinic that treated the complication
✓ Rough is fine — we track down the records
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Birmingham — (205) 201-1789
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