Opinion ID: 4151593
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Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Libby Hall

Text: Plaintiff Libby Hall received her ObTape implant in January 2005 to treat her stress urinary incontinence. After Hall suffered symptoms such as urinary tract infections and painful intercourse, the ObTape was removed in July 2005. After seeing a lawyer advertisement regarding transvaginal mesh complications, Hall filed her suit in January 2014. 16 Case: 16-10119 Date Filed: 03/09/2017 Page: 17 of 28 In her deposition, Hall pointed out that her doctor told her that “scarring from the surgery” had “pulled the sling too tight,” causing her symptoms. Mentor alleges that Hall’s doctor told her that the exposed mesh was likely the cause of her injuries. However, in the doctor’s deposition he said he could not recall what he told Hall, but he likely would have told her that the ObTape was near the vaginal mucosa and palpable to the touch and this was probably the cause of her pain. The district court reasoned that “Hall’s doctor told her that the ObTape was likely the source of her pain” 2 and thus “Hall knew in July 2005 that there was a likely connection between ObTape and some of her injuries.” In re Mentor Corp. Obtape Transobturator Sling Prods. Liab. Litig., 2015 WL 9307267, at  (M.D. Ga. Dec. 21, 2015).