Legal Opinion
Gravitt v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided January 11, 2018No. 17 C 5428PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gary Feinerman, United States District Judge
Catherine and Travis Gravitt, a married couple, filed this suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, against Mentor Worldwide, the manufacturer of a silicone breast implant called MemoryGel, which the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has classified as a Class III medical device. Doc. 1-2. Catherine brings claims under Illinois tort law for Mentor's alleged noncompliance with the FDA's premarket approval process for Class III devices, alleged failure to warn consumers of the risks posed by MemoryGel implants, and allegedly defective…
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