J&J Unit Mentor Defeats Appeal in Ruptured Breast Implant Suit

J&J unit Mentor Corp. is entitled to have a woman’s breast implant injury suit dismissed with prejudice based on the perception she improperly forum shopped, the Eighth Circuit affirmed Tuesday.

The plaintiff’s lack of explanation for seeking a voluntary dismissal without prejudice supports the inference she was looking to avoid an unfavorable judgment or an unfavorable forum. The district court, therefore, properly dismissed the suit for good, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said.

Diane Graham received Mentor silicone breast implants in 2000. In 2018, Graham was hurt in a car accident and the implants ruptured. She ...