TAYLOR v. MENTOR WORLDWIDE LLC

No. 16-17147, No. 16-17245.

940 F.3d 582 (2019)

Teresa TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MENTOR WORLDWIDE LLC, Mentor Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. In re: Mentor Corp. ObTape Transobturator Sling Products Liability Litigation. Teresa Taylor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mentor Worldwide LLC, Mentor Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Blizzard , Katherine Cornell , Holly W. Gibson , Blizzard & Nabers, LLP, Houston, TX, Austin Gower , Charles A. Gower , PC, Columbus, GA, Chad Lennon , Frank M. Lowrey, IV , Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 16-17147, Plaintiff-Appellant in 16-17245.

John Q. Lewis , Dustin Bradley Rawlin , Benjamin Creighton Sasse , Tucker Ellis, LLP, Cleveland, OH, Allyson Newton Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Dallas, TX, Michael E. Kenneally , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants in 16-17147, Defendants-Appellees in 16-17245.

Before TJOFLAT and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.


Teresa Taylor here sues Mentor Worldwide LLC ("Mentor") and Mentor Corporation1 for compensatory and punitive damages for injuries she suffered as a result of the surgical implantation of a polypropylene mesh sling manufactured by Mentor to treat her stress urinary incontinence. The jury found...

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