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Women injured when the Paragard copper IUD fractured during removal are still being signed by law firms nationwide. If you required surgery to remove fragments or suffered fertility complications, you may have a significant claim. Fill out the form for more information »
🏥 Defendants: CooperSurgical · Teva
⚕️ Thousands of Women Affected
📍 N.D. Georgia MDL & California State Courts
In Re: Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation
1:20-md-02974
Aug 2020 (consolidated)
Active
CooperSurgical, Inc.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
Teva Women’s Health, LLC
Hackett Law Firm is actively representing women injured by the Paragard copper IUD — a hormone-free birth control device marketed as safe and easily removable. When the device fractures during routine removal, embedded plastic and metal fragments can require emergency surgery, cause uterine perforation, and result in permanent fertility damage. Despite thousands of reported injuries, the manufacturers failed to adequately warn patients or physicians.
“The breaking of a Paragard IUD’s plastic T-shaped arms or copper component during removal by a healthcare provider, resulting in retained fragments that cannot be removed without surgical intervention.”
Defendants named in active litigation:
⚕️ CooperSurgical, Inc.
💊 Teva Pharmaceuticals
The Paragard copper IUD was marketed as a safe, long-lasting, hormone-free contraceptive that could be easily removed at any time. However, the FDA’s MAUDE database contains thousands of adverse event reports documenting IUD fractures during removal — a problem manufacturers were aware of for years before litigation forced accountability.
In 2020, a federal MDL was established in the Northern District of Georgia consolidating Paragard fracture cases from across the country. CooperSurgical (which acquired Paragard from Teva in 2017) and Teva both face claims that they knew of the fracture defect and failed to warn patients and medical providers.
When a physician attempts to remove the Paragard IUD by pulling on the retrieval strings, the brittle plastic arms of the T-shaped frame can snap off. The broken pieces may lodge in the uterine wall, migrate to surrounding tissue, or require laparoscopic or hysteroscopic surgery to locate and extract.
Surgery Required
Patients undergo laparoscopy or hysteroscopy to locate and extract embedded fragments — often under general anesthesia.
The following injuries are the focus of active litigation:
If your Paragard IUD broke during removal and you required surgery, experienced fertility complications, or suffered other documented injuries, you may have a viable products liability claim. California law provides strong protections for patients harmed by defective medical devices, including the right to pursue compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and lost reproductive opportunities.
You do not need to have previously filed a complaint with the FDA or your healthcare provider to bring a claim. Our attorneys can review your medical records and determine whether your injuries meet the filing criteria.
Our legal team alleges that CooperSurgical and Teva knew that the Paragard IUD’s plastic arms were prone to fracture during standard removal procedures, and failed to adequately redesign the device or warn physicians and patients of this risk. Claims include defective design, failure to warn, negligence, and breach of implied warranty under California and federal product liability law.
The MDL continues to advance through discovery and bellwether trial preparations. Plaintiffs who retain counsel now will be positioned for participation in any eventual global resolution or individual trial.
Complaint 01/26/26
In no case will any plaintiff ever be asked to pay any out-of-pocket sum. Hackett Law Firm handles all Paragard IUD injury cases on a contingency fee basis — meaning we only get paid if and when we secure compensation for you. In the event a settlement or judgment is reached, the court will determine a reasonable legal fee from that recovery. You pay nothing upfront, ever.