Opinion ID: 4151593
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: Carrie Klum

Text: Plaintiff Carrie Klum received her ObTape implant in June 2004. Klum suffered from erosion, chronic infections, chronic vaginal pain, and cessation of intercourse due to pain. Her ObTape was surgically removed in 2006. After seeing a lawyer advertisement regarding transvaginal mesh litigation, she filed her suit in May 2013. 2 The district court agreed with Mentor and concluded that the doctor’s deposition revealed that the doctor told Hall the ObTape was the cause. However, the doctor’s deposition clearly states that he cannot recall what he told her and Hall refutes Mentor’s allegation. 17 Case: 16-10119 Date Filed: 03/09/2017 Page: 18 of 28 Klum stated at her deposition that she thought her injuries were the result of a defect in her body and its ability to accept a foreign object like ObTape. According to her doctor’s deposition, that is also what he believed at the time. Mentor notes that Klum was informed that her ObTape was infected and told it needed to be removed. Therefore, Mentor alleges she knew of a connection between her injuries and the ObTape in 2006. The district court focused on the fact that Klum’s doctor told her that the entire ObTape needed to be removed and concluded that “by February 2006 at the latest, Klum knew that her injuries were connected to ObTape [but] [s]he did not file her complaint until more than seven years later, on April 29, 2013.” Id. at .