Guest guest Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 http://implants.clic.net/tony/Alb/08.html [source: Calgary Herald, 15 February 1992] " WOMEN PAID TO KEEP SILENT " Breast-implant suits were settled quietly out of court. By Anstett (Knight-Ridder Newspapers) Detroit -- Dow Corning [bristol-Myers Squibb, my addition] and other breast-implant manufacturers have paid millions of dollars in out-of-court settlements over the last decade, " BUYING SILENCE " [my emphasis] about implant problems through strict secrecy agreements that keep vital health information from the public, lawyers say. " Had this stuff been made public...there would have been hundreds of women today that would have never had those implants, " said Kotoske, a Palo Alto, Calif., lawyer. He has settled about 100 breast implant lawsuits since 1980, nearly all covered by secrecy agreements. Next week, some expert witnesses bound for years by these legal agreements will give testimony to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel. They say they no longer have to keep quiet since Dow Corning of Midland, Mich., released many top-secret documents Monday. Kotoske has won two lawsuits that breast implant manufacturers filed, alleging he broke secrecy agreements. He was one of more than a dozen lawyers interviewed nationwide who have settled out of court with manufacturers of saline-filled and silicone-gel implants. Michigan lawyers and expert witnesses told of being involved in more than 50 such cases. Hundreds of other lawsuits are pending, including more than a dozen filed in Detroit or consolidated in Chicago Friday. " One of the reasons this information has taken so long to get to the public is because of Dow Corning's use of protective orders, " said lawyer Feldstein, who settled a case with Dow Corning. McKennon, Dow Corning's new chief executive officer, disputed estimates of hundreds of settlements. " It's in the best interests of plaintiffs lawyers to make the numbers appear as big as possible to get more business, " said his spokewoman, Barbara Carmichael. The company has provided the FDA with scientific studies, she added, and since 1988 has invited review of any court records. " We don't believe the issue of public health has been compromised by protective orders. " Experts say they plan to tell the FDA about evidence of shoddy engineering and product development; some 9,000 defects reported to Dow Corning over the past 12 years; and enough serious concerns about health risks to permanently ban them. " I was appalled when I saw what their documentation was, " said Mike Resch, an accomplished expert witness invited to testify next week. " It was painfully obvious with just five minutes of looking at these things that there were serious problems. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Honey, I have this article in every room. It helps me to feel that I'm not in denial. We know that these devices should never have been implanted into the human body...the rats. Please keep posting this great information. (I see my 's editorial comments in this article.) Love you...Lea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``````````````````` WOMEN PAID TO KEEP SILENT > > http://implants.clic.net/tony/Alb/08.html > > [source: Calgary Herald, 15 February 1992] > > " WOMEN PAID TO KEEP SILENT " > > Breast-implant suits were settled quietly out of > court. > > By Anstett > > (Knight-Ridder Newspapers) > > Detroit -- Dow Corning [bristol-Myers Squibb, my > addition] and other breast-implant manufacturers have > paid millions of dollars in out-of-court settlements > over the last decade, " BUYING SILENCE " [my emphasis] > about implant problems through strict secrecy > agreements that keep vital health information from the > public, lawyers say. > > " Had this stuff been made public...there would have > been hundreds of women today that would have never had > those implants, " said Kotoske, a Palo Alto, > Calif., lawyer. He has settled about 100 breast > implant lawsuits since 1980, nearly all covered by > secrecy agreements. > > Next week, some expert witnesses bound for years by > these legal agreements will give testimony to a U.S. > Food and Drug Administration panel. They say they no > longer have to keep quiet since Dow Corning of > Midland, Mich., released many top-secret documents > Monday. > > Kotoske has won two lawsuits that breast implant > manufacturers filed, alleging he broke secrecy > agreements. He was one of more than a dozen lawyers > interviewed nationwide who have settled out of court > with manufacturers of saline-filled and silicone-gel > implants. Michigan lawyers and expert witnesses told > of being involved in more than 50 such cases. > > Hundreds of other lawsuits are pending, including more > than a dozen filed in Detroit or consolidated in > Chicago Friday. > > " One of the reasons this information has taken so long > to get to the public is because of Dow Corning's use > of protective orders, " said lawyer Feldstein, > who settled a case with Dow Corning. > > McKennon, Dow Corning's new chief executive > officer, disputed estimates of hundreds of > settlements. > > " It's in the best interests of plaintiffs lawyers to > make the numbers appear as big as possible to get more > business, " said his spokewoman, Barbara Carmichael. > The company has provided the FDA with scientific > studies, she added, and since 1988 has invited review > of any court records. " We don't believe the issue of > public health has been compromised by protective > orders. " > > Experts say they plan to tell the FDA about evidence > of shoddy engineering and product development; some > 9,000 defects reported to Dow Corning over the past 12 > years; and enough serious concerns about health risks > to permanently ban them. > > " I was appalled when I saw what their documentation > was, " said Mike Resch, an accomplished expert witness > invited to testify next week. " It was painfully > obvious with just five minutes of looking at these > things that there were serious problems. " > > > > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by > licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed > health care professional before commencing any medical treatment. > > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. > Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live > a happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing, > two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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