Woman’s Attempt To Amend Discovery Rule Argument Futile, Judge Says

Mealey's (August 12, 2019, 1:20 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Aug. 9 denied a woman’s request to amend her pelvic mesh product liability suit after finding that her attempt to amend her allegations that her inability to discover that her injury was caused by the mesh caused her to file suit after the expiration of het three-year statute of limitations was futile (Kim Johnston v. Covidien LP, et al., No. C 19-01419, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134771)....