( August 15, 2023, 2:36 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals affirmed a $3. 3 million inferior vena cava (IVC) filter verdict against C. R. Bard Inc. , ruling that the trial court did not err by excluding evidence about the device’s 510(k) approval or by reopening the plaintiffs’ case to hear testimony from the reluctant implanting physician. . . .