Mentor ObTape Plaintiff Denied New Trial; Judge Finds Defense Counsel’s Closing Argument Not Improper

COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Georgia federal judge has denied a Mentor ObTape plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, finding defense counsel’s closing argument did not contain improper or inflammatory references that were "wholly unjustified by anything in the record."

On Oct. 28, Judge Clay D. Land of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia found Mentor’s attorneys did not improperly argue that the absence of any action by the Food and Drug Administration prior to the plaintiff’s implantation should be considered by the jury in determining whether Mentor was negligent.

Irene Morey brought negligent design and negligent …