Fw: Judy on: Fraud in master silicone breast implant litigation

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From: " Judy (by way of ilena rose) " <siliconesucksalot@...>

Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:52 AM

Subject: Judy on: Fraud in master silicone breast implant litigation

> Ilena, Please post to list. It seems pretty weird that no one has

> responded to this shocking information that was posted. Isn't anyone angry

> that a Physician that was " hired " and paid by the entities that were

> suppose to be governing cases in the class action was actually paid by

both

> sides of the fence? Think of how many women's cases were hugely damaged by

> this man. How many women that could have claimed rupture damages had

> implants swapped? I wonder how many of this guys patients would end up

with

> incompatible DNA? Also what about the huge " conflict of interest " both

> of these revelations are. An major player in the legal end of the class

> action possibly on the board for Dow. Does anyone have this information

for

> sure? And a Physician that was hired by " the firm " working for the

> plantiffs was actually being compensated by both sides of the class

action.

> If this is accurate how many women that were their clients were sold out?

>

> Isn't anyone the least bit pissed off?

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----- From: " by way of ilena rose " Sent:

> Saturday, April 07, 2001 3:31 AM Subject: Fraud in master silicone breast

> implant litigation ~ Explant in Houston? > > From: Goldminz@... >

> > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:30:42 EDT > Subject: Re: Fraud in master

> silicone breast implant litigation > Kathynye@... > > > 4/2/01

> Hi Kathy! Thank you for your response. I can understand why you > are

> concerned about E-mail. I was the first woman to sue Dow Corning in > the

> State of Texas, 1986. (There may have been one suit prior to mine). I >

> was implanted in 1978 with Dow Corning implants, I suffered 4 ruptured >

> b.i.. After the 4th rupture, I miscarried, my hair fell out in globs, my

>

> eyelashes and eye brows fell out (not completely) I had lichen sclerosus,

> > I grew 12 tumors, I had nerve damage in my lower extremeties, acid

> burning > sensation in my hands. My fingers are swollen and I have knots

> or nodes > forming on my finger joints. I could not remember things, and

> my brain > spect was abnormal. I had an emergency removal and these

> symproms > dramatically improved, however I still have problems with my

> hands. I > have flare ups but Im convinced I would have been in a

> wheelchair if I had > not explanted my implants. Dr. Louie Fabian

Worthing

> was a paid expert > wirtness for Dow Corning and he gave damaging

> testimony in depositions > against the women. He perfomed my explant

> surgery and he did not tell me > he was their paid expert, knowing I was

> suing Dow Corning. I told him I > wanted to be awake during the

procedure,

> and use a local. I requested > the implants after surgery in sealed

> containers. Instead, he knocked me > out and left the hospital with my

> implants. I knew the implant was > ruptured and he said it was and I have

> a tape recording of him. He > refused to return my phone calls after

> surgery. Upon my first office > visit with him, he removed my bandages

and

> said, " what you see, IS WHA?T > YOU GET! " I a mean voice incinuating I

> deserved to look deformed. He lef > me to believe that he took my scar

> capsules out, and said the biopsies did > not show anything. I suffered

> for 5 years with brest pain. I had my > breasts reconstructed with tissue

> from the abdomin. My new surgeon told > me he had to perform bilateral

> capsulectomies and they had foreign body > material identified. I

recently

> had a DNA lab in St. Louis, Missouri test > the implants that Dr.

Worthing

> supposedly removed from my body. One > implant has another woman's DNA on

> it. It belongs to another woman and I > would like to return it to her.

> That is like looking for a needle in a > haystack. I do not feel

> comfortable keeping this implant because it may > be involved in

> litigation. Bunches of women filed lawsuits against Dr. > Worthing and

> TOPS (Texas Outpatient Surgicare Hospital) O'Quinn and > Laminack

lawfirm,

> and/or Houston committee appointed Dr. Worthing to > Plaintiffs' Laision

> Committe, Health Care Proivider and he was named as > Plaintiffs' General

> Liability Expert Witness for the Master Silicone > Litigation that is

> mirrored in other states, California, Louisiana, > Arizona, etc. He is

> named with other experts from out of state > physicians. Dr. Worthing

gave

> a deposition in the Master Silicone > Litigation because he was going to

> say surgeons were not warned of the > hazards of breast implants. The

> Houston lawfirms sent their clients to him > for explant surgery. He

> performed explant surgery solo and his business > boomed. He covered up

> ruptured implants, and falsified women's medical > records. His testimony

> in a Houston trial, for the Plaintiffs' caused > them to lose their

> lawsuits. I have court documents from his divorce that > was not sealed

> where it states he was living with a breast implant > attorney for

> O'Quinn's law firm (I don't want to identify her at this > time), he paid

> for her day to day expenses, gave her $5,000 and bought her > a car. He

> denied using certain implants and I have sworn statements where > he used

> the implants He gave women their implants after surgery and did > not

send

> one implant to a pathologist nor did he weigh the implant. The > problem

> with this is, a woman's operative report at the hospital (Hospital >

> records) will state the weight (in grams) and the size of the implant and

> > manufacturer. If it is ruptured upon removal then it needs to be weighed

> > immediately because this will determine about how much silicone was >

> spilled into the body. No matter what a doctor tells you, you can t get >

> it all with a glove over technique. The reason he covered up ruptured >

> breast implants was so that it would be difficult to prove the device was

> > defective. ALL implants leak and seep silicone as a know fact; however,

a

> > rupture is a defect. Also, according to his divorce records his wife

gave

> > sworn testimony that he suffered substance abuse (I wont identify at

this

> > time). My records are certified by the court. Statements about this were

> > made four days prior to his deposition taken in a major lawsuit. He said

> > he need to go to a treatment Center. To me this would affect his

judgment

> > as a paid Expert Witness in a trial. This case lost as I mentioned. The

> > Plaintiff in this case told me she had a ruptured implant, she knew it

> and > he said later it was not ruptured. I now hear, O'Quinn, the >

> attorney representing these Plaintiffs' said he was not going to pursue >

> breast inmplant litigation as he is on a board for Dow Chemical. Please >

> dont contact Sybil Goldrich as she is on the Tort committee with him. It

>

> is a mess. Due to the fact, Dr. Worthing gave false testimony in the >

> Master Silicone Litigation, I feel, women would file fraud. I do not want

> > to give out my papers to people, however, I would be glad to set up an

>

> appointment with any Plaintiffs' attorney and see about possible legal >

> action against manufacturers, attorneys, and this doctor for defrauding >

> the implant litigation. In addition to this, Dr. R. Shanklin in >

> Tennessee had problems. I sued him and I won an $800,000 default judgment

> > Sept. 18, 1999. We compromised in 2000. Dr. Shanklin was a consultant >

> pathologist " to " the Univerisity of Tenn. He sued the University for a >

> pay decrease but this matter supposedly resolved itself. Dr. Shanklin's >

> name appeared in the Command Trust Network Newsletter numerous times >

> requesting breast implant tissue blocks, tissue, implants etc. for >

> exmination and that he would provide a report for each case. He was in >

> Vogue magazine, and on the Connie Chung Show about 1990. A doctor has to

>

> be affiliated with a hospital in order to apply for a grant to conduct a

>

> study. His study was the scar capsule was the site of the illness. He >

> said he was overwhelmed with specimens and could not keep up with things.

> > It took me 5 years to get the implants and tissues returned. The report

> > that I got from him was vague and unsatisfactory. A woman out in Calif.

> > filed a Writ of Possesion and a Sherriff went to the University to serve

> > him papers. He has complaints against him. Shanklin is also named as >

> Plaintiffs' Designated Expert. I think he should return everyones >

> specimens, and give the ladies a report. It is against the law in >

> Tennessee to keep pathology specimens if the owner wants them back. I urge

> > the ladies to maintain their records. Thank you for listening. I am >

> interested in talking with ladies that had explant surgery in Houston. If

> > you can post a note for Goldminz somewhere about this, I would like to

>

> talk with them as soon as possible. Thank you! Get your FREE download

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