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Breast Implants - Legal Issues
Missed Deadline Forces Judge To Decide Future of Implant Settlement
September 11th, 1995
A federal judge must decide whether to call off a $4.25 billion worldwide breast implant settlement because attorneys and manufacturers failed to reach a new deal. After a court analysis showed the settlement needed billions of dollars more to pay women what they were promised, U.S. District Judge Sam Pointer had set a deadline of August 27, 1995 for both sides to produce a written framework for a replacement. But lawyers told Pointer that two months of often-contentious talks had failed to produce a larger agreement. Now one of the judge's options is to dissolve the settlement, in which about 440,000 women have registered to participate. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-09-11)
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