Spinal Cord Stimulator MDL 3181 Tracker

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Following MDL 3181? Your case may belong in it.

This tracker logs every docket event — and two minutes tells you whether your own device case qualifies.

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MDL 3181 — In re: Boston Scientific Corp. Spinal Cord Stimulator Products Liability Litigation — is the federal consolidation of Boston Scientific spinal cord stimulator lawsuits, created June 5, 2026, in the Central District of California before Judge Josephine L. Staton (Dkt. 2:26-ml-03181-JLS-E). This page tracks it from the docket itself: case counts, every substantive order in plain English, and the pending petitions that could bring Abbott and Nevro into consolidated litigation this fall.

Marin & Murphy Law Firm is currently accepting spinal cord stimulator cases. Free, confidential case reviews: (888) 348-2735, available 24/7.

Timeline — every event, dated, docket-cited

• August 13, 2026 The court appointed plaintiffs’ leadership in Pretrial Order No. 2: co-lead counsel Behram V. Parekh (Wisner Baum), Adam Evans (Carlson Law Firm), and Carasusana Wall (Bullock Legal Group), with Ashleigh Raso (Nigh Goldenberg Raso & Vaughn) as liaison counsel and three supporting committees. Appointments are personal to the appointed lawyers, not their firms.
• August 5, 2026 The court held the initial status conference in MDL 3181 — the same week the FDA posted a Class I recall of Boston Scientific’s Infinion CX stimulator leads.
• July 8, 2026 Plaintiffs petitioned the JPML to centralize the federal Nevro cases (decision expected fall 2026).
• June 29, 2026 Plaintiffs petitioned the JPML to centralize the federal Abbott cases (decision expected fall 2026).
• June 5, 2026 The JPML created MDL 3181, transferring Boston Scientific cases to the C.D. Cal. while denying industry-wide centralization. New entries appear here within hours of docket activity.

What an MDL means for you — plain English

An MDL is not a class action. Your case remains yours: individual injuries, individual damages. The MDL consolidates pretrial work — discovery, expert challenges, dispositive motions — before one judge, then bellwether trials test the claims before juries. If cases resolve, compensation typically follows an individual, injury-tiered structure; if yours doesn’t, it returns to your home district for trial.

What happens next

Typical sequence from here: leadership appointments → master complaint → case-management and discovery orders → plaintiff fact sheets → expert phase → bellwether selection → bellwether trials (historically 18–30 months from centralization) → resolution posture. Each step will be logged above the day it happens. No trial date exists yet and no settlement exists.

Are you affected?

Boston Scientific patients: qualifying federal cases transfer into MDL 3181. Abbott / Nevro patients: your track is decided this fall — the manufacturer pages update the day the JPML rules. Medtronic patients: individual litigation for now. Not filed yet? The MDL’s existence doesn’t extend your state’s deadline — courts dismissed late filers in July 2026.

Matthew T. Marin, J.D. — Admitted in Rhode Island, South Carolina, Connecticut, and Massachusetts

Stefanie A. Murphy, J.D. — Admitted in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts

Frequently Asked Questions

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