Legal Opinion
In Re Mentor Corp. ObTape Transobturator Sling Products Liability Litigation
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided April 22, 2010No. MDL Docket No. 2004. No. 4:08-MD-2004 (CDL). Case Nos. 3:07-cv-00088, 3:07-cv-00101, 3:07-cv-00102, 3:07-cv-00130PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CLAY D. LAND, District Judge.
This multidistrict litigation proceeding includes various product liability actions against Mentor Worldwide LLC (“Mentor”) arising from the implantation of Mentor’s suburethral sling product, ObTape Transobturator Tape (“ObTape”), to treat Plaintiffs for stress urinary incontinence. In these actions, claims for design and manufacturing defect, warranty, and failure to warn. 1 ObTape allegedly caused complications, including infection and erosion of ObTape through Plaintiffs’ bodily tissues. In support of their claims, Plaintiffs rely upon the opinion…
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