Opinion ID: 4151593
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Michele Rene Jackson

Text: Plaintiff Michele Rene Jackson received her ObTape implant in March 2004. After experiencing severe vaginal pain, severe back and leg pain, and painful intercourse, Jackson underwent surgery to remove the ObTape in November 2004. 14 Case: 16-10119 Date Filed: 03/09/2017 Page: 15 of 28 Jackson filed her complaint shortly after seeing an attorney advertisement about transvaginal mesh in March 2013. Jackson maintains that neither of her doctors told her that ObTape caused her injuries. One of her doctors testified that while he recommended mesh extraction, he probably attributed the injuries not to a problem with the mesh but to Jackson’s overactivity or poor tissue. But Mentor points out that, before Jackson’s surgery, one of her doctors told her that the removal would most likely take away her pain. Therefore, she should have known about the connection between ObTape and her injuries. Relying on the statement from Jackson’s doctor telling her that the revision surgery “would most likely take away [Jackson’s] pain,” the district court concluded that Jackson knew by October 2004 that there was likely a connection between ObTape and her injuries. In re Mentor Corp. Obtape Transobturator Sling Prods. Liab. Litig., 2015 WL 9307267, at  (M.D. Ga. Dec. 21, 2015).