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Mentor ObTape Vaginal Sling Lawsuits
Women who have received a bladder sling to treat stress urinary incontinence may be at risk of severe and debilitating injury if the Mentor ObTape Vaginal Sling was used. The defective design of the device could lead to infections, erosion and other painful complications.
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Mentor ObTape Lawsuit MDL Trial Postponed Until June 2010
The first trial date in the federal Mentor ObTape litigation has been postponed until June 2010, as the Court mulls a request by plaintiffs to have several cases tried at the same time.
Trials in ObTape Lawsuit MDL Could Begin in February 2010
The first trials in the federal ObTape lawsuit MDL are scheduled to begin early next year for women who have experienced problems allegedly caused by defectively designed Mentor vaginal slings used during bladder lift surgeries.
ObTape Bladder Sling Lawsuit Filings Continue as Mentor Wins First Trial
At least 32 lawsuits have been filed against Mentor Corp. involving problems with their ObTape vaginal mesh used during bladder suspension surgery, and additional cases are expected to be filed in the coming months now that a federal MDL has been established in Georgia. However, last month Mentor was successful in the first ObTape lawsuit [...]
Mentor ObTape Lawsuits Transferred to Georgia
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered that all federal lawsuits involving the Mentor ObTape Transobturator Sling be consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for pretrial proceedings as part of an MDL, or Multidistrict Litigation.
MDL Panel Arguments on ObTape Bladder Sling Lawsuit Consolidation Set for Next Month
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has scheduled oral arguments on Mentor Corporation’s motion to consolidate and centralize all ObTape bladder sling lawsuits for November 20, 2008 at the Hollings Judicial Center II in Charleston, South Carolina.
FDA Warns About Complications of Surgical Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence
The FDA issued a public health notification yesterday to warn about a number of serious problems that have been associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh that is used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Motion Filed to Consolidate Mentor ObTape Sling Lawsuits
Mentor Corporation has filed a motion to stay at least 22 ObTape vaginal sling lawsuits pending a decision from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on a request to centralize and coordinate all of the cases before one judge for pretrial litigation.
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