Gravitt v. Mentor Worldwide, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CATHERINE GRAVITT and TRAVIS GRAVITT, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) 17 C 5428 ) vs. ) Judge Gary Feinerman ) MENTOR WORLDWIDE, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER 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. Mentor removed the suit to federal court,…