Punitives Award In ObTape Case Cut From $4M to $2M; No Specific Intent Present

(October 24, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Georgia federal judge presiding over the Mentor ObTape pelvic mesh multidistrict litigation on Oct. 20 said the plaintiff presented “ample” evidence to support a jury’s punitive damages finding but said there was no evidence that Mentor Corp. had specific intent under Florida law to harm the plaintiff and capped the jury’s $4 million punitive damages verdict at $2 million (In Re:  Mentor Corp. ObTape Transobturator Sling Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2004, No. 08-md-2004, Teresa Taylor v. Mentor Corp., No. 12-176, D. Md.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145290)....

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