Re: Lawsuits/Shari

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Hi Shari,

You have definitely been through the ringer with this. I guess the law firm wanted a slam dunk case and didn’t see it with the signed document. I’m a bit surprised they didn’t fight it because you were under duress and under the influence of pain relievers, but it definitely wasn’t a slam dunk at that point.

If there are a lot of children affected, perhaps several of you could form a class action suit at some point when all of you feel healthy enough to endure the battle.

Kenda

In Florida it is 2 years/4 years - one for medical malpractice and one for faulty products causing injury liability - I cannot remember off the top of my head which was which... I was told by several atty's here that only in very rare cases is it extended - like if I could prove my son had silicone in him causing his issues it would be a reason for a possible and I could sue in his behalf by I didn't realize until 2/03 that it was the implants causing my illness - that was almost 7 years after receiving them. They tried to go after mentor & my doctor for the implant they had to replace in 99 that ruptured but ended up dropping it as I signed a form for the replacement as it was a free replacement ... they lied and told me the form was consent to send the implant back to the mfg so they could analyze it for " product quality purposes " . I signed it several days AFTER the replacement surgery at my first follow up. I was on pain meds from the surgery and was really out of it. the nurse slipped it in front of me and said that she had forgotten to get me to sign the form so they could send the implant back.... I just signed it as I was in pain and not feeling well. Turns out not only was it authorization to send it back but also a disclaimer saying that I couldn't sue them for that particular implant rupture as they replaced it for free..... I was an idiot for signing it but I really had no idea what it was and that was long before I knew there were illness on the way.... I was just happy to have it replaced as it was disgusting walking around w/ that ruptured implant flopping around inside of me...

My atty wanted to go after the doctor other than Mentor to keep it out of federal court as they were out of state. After they saw that signed doc they decided to drop my case although the atty in the practice I was dealing with said he did not agree with that decision and thought I had a good case but the partners wouldn't agree. That was that - 9 months I went through stuff with them signing my life away for my medical records, etc., to get my hopes up and have it dropped. It was a very disappointing experience that ended up causing me to go into worse depression that usual. It really wasn't worth it.. I have thought many times of doing what he said on behalf of my son as who knows what he will encounter later in life from the exposure but there are not any doctors around here that will do " silicone testing " . I found several but they were in different states and we just cannot afford to travel much less spend a few weeks somewhere doing tests. bsp; Also I really didn't want to put him through a series of prods and pokes ay age 3....

For whoever is interested that has not had their implants for too long, Dr. Blais' has a list of Atty's he sent to me that have handled implant matters... this is how I found mine.

shari

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