Legal Opinion
In Re Mentor Corp. Obtape Transobturator Sling Products Liability Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided December 3, 2008No. MDL 2004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRANSFER ORDER
JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.
Before the entire Panel *: Common defendant Mentor Corp. (Mentor) has moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, to centralize this litigation in the Western District of Oklahoma or, in the alternative, either the Northern District of Oklahoma or the Northern District of Ohio. Plaintiffs in all actions oppose centralization. If centralization is ordered over their objections, plaintiffs ask that the Panel select the Middle District of Georgia as transferee district.
This litigation currently consists of 22 actions: five pending in the Middle District of…
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