(September 24, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Georgia federal judge overseeing the ObTape multidistrict litigation on Sept. 16 ruled that three cases are time-barred and granted partial summary judgment in two others (In Re: Mentor Corp. ObTape Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2004, No. 08-md-2004, Jeanne Hatfield v. Mentor Corp., No. 12-185, Phyllis Carter v. Mentor Corp., No. 13-434, Carol Ford v. Mentor Corp., No. 12-196, Betty Foster v. Mentor Corp., No. 12-237, and Debra Escalera v. Mentor Corp., No. 12-238, M.D. Ga., Columbus Div.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123797, 123801, 123796, 123800, 123799)....