Legally Reviewed and Edited by: Terry Cochran

Published on: May 23, 2025

Knowing how to file a Paragard IUD lawsuit is the first step towards seeking compensation for injuries from the copper IUD. Currently, 3000 women and counting have joined the Multidistrict Litigation against the manufacturers of Paragard IUD for their failure to warn consumers and healthcare providers of the risks and complications from removing their copper IUD.

Who Can File a Paragard IUD Lawsuit?

You can file a Paragard IUD lawsuit if you had a copper IUD implanted and experienced breakage and additional complications or injuries after removal. You can also file a lawsuit on behalf of someone who was injured but is dead or otherwise incapable of filing the lawsuit themselves.

Preparing for a Paragard IUD Lawsuit

Preparing to file a Paragard IUD lawsuit involves several steps.

Step 1: Seek Medical Attention and Document Your Injury

The Paragard IUD lawsuit is a defective medical device lawsuit. Therefore, you must prove that you developed health complications from the IUD removal.

Comprehensive medical records documenting your injuries are important in support of your claim for compensation. Here’s what your medical records should cover:

• The date the copper IUD was inserted
• The date the IUD was inserted
• Symptoms you may have developed when using the IUD
• Records documenting the IUD removal procedures (including notes of the IUD breakage before or during removal)
• Treatment records addressing any complications from the removal of the IUD. These include imaging records of the broken or migrating IUD fragments and surgical reports documenting the removal of the fragments from your body.

Request your healthcare provider to preserve the removed fragments as evidence. You may also request photographs of the broken IUD to use as evidence.

Step 2: Gather Supporting Evidence

Paragard settlement claims seek both economic and non-economic damages. Therefore, you must collect supporting evidence to document the extent of your damages due to the Paragard IUD. Some of the evidence to compile includes your medical bills, insurance statements, receipts for related expenses, and proof of lost wages.

You will include most of this information in the plaintiff fact sheet as part of the filing process. The information you provide in this fact sheet must be factual.

In addition, you must also maintain any communications (electronic or otherwise), including postings on the internet, supporting your claim.

Step 3: Contact a Product Liability Attorney

The Paragard lawsuit is consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL 2974). This means the case has some unique elements not present in the average product liability suit.

These include filing timelines, deadlines, and negotiation proceedings. An experienced Paragard IUD lawsuit lawyer in Michigan understands applicable product liability laws and relevant procedures in such lawsuits.

They also have the resources and time to dedicate to the lawsuit, which may take several months to years to resolve.

Step 4: Your Attorney Builds the Case

One of the benefits of hiring a Paragard IUD lawsuit lawyer in Michigan is access to knowledge and the experts they bring. The Paragad lawsuit involves technical medical documentation and administrative procedures.

Your attorney will handle all these and calculate the potential damages from your injuries to form the basis of your Paragard settlement.

They will also prepare all the required documentation for the claim, such as the short-form complaint and Plaintiff fact sheet documenting the specifics of your claim.

Your attorney also has the resources to access expert witnesses who can corroborate your injuries, thus building a stronger case. Most importantly, they know the current timelines and deadlines for the Paragard lawsuit and can keep track of the developments and what they mean for your claim.

Step 5: Filing the Lawsuit

You have three years from the date of your injury to file a product liability claim. Filing a Paragard lawsuit begins at a local Michigan court. The filing process also involves transferring your case to join the MDL and informing the defendant(s) of your claim within the required timelines.

All Paragard cases were consolidated into an MDL in December 2020. New Paragard lawsuits filed after this period are transferred from local courts to the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, for the pretrial proceedings.

This consolidation streamlines the discovery process and pretrial motions while preserving your right to an individual trial if a Paragard IUD lawsuit settlement isn’t reached. Your attorney will ensure compliance with all MDL documentation requirements and court-ordered deadlines that have already resulted in dismissals for non-compliant plaintiffs.

Step 6: Settlement Negotiations or Trial

After filing, the case enters the pretrial procedures. Due to the similarities in Paragard lawsuits, the pretrial proceedings will be coordinated as part of an MDL. The court has scheduled bellwether hearings for 2026, setting the tone for the settlement negotiations or trial.

Bellwether trials involve selecting a few cases representing core elements of the lawsuit, then holding test trials to weigh the judge’s or jury’s response to the presented arguments. These cases are beneficial in helping the attorneys restructure their arguments.

In cases where bellwether trials favor the plaintiff, the defendant may offer a global settlement for the case or proceed to trial. If the case goes to trial, each individual case will be considered on its merits in local courts.

Other than a global settlement offer by the defendant or going to trial, other possible outcomes of Paragard settlement negotiations include:

Paragard IUD Lawsuit Lawyer in Michigan

You deserve fair compensation if you were injured or suffered losses after using the Paragard Intrauterine Device (IUD). The product liability attorneys at Cochran, Kroll & Associates, P.C., can help you file a lawsuit and join the ongoing MDL. Our team will evaluate your case and calculate your potential Paragard settlement amount.

Our contingency fee basis means we only get paid if we win your case, so there is no financial risk to you to get started. Call our law firm today at 1-866-MICH-LAW and schedule your no-obligation, free case evaluation.

Disclaimer : The information provided is general and not for legal advice. The blogs are not intended to provide legal counsel and no attorney-client relationship is created nor intended.