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From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 6:46 PM

Subject: Comments on Recent Dow Appeals Decision

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> From: " Gail Hamilton " <gail@...>

> " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

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> Hi Ilena, Many thanks to you. Please post for any interested

> Canadians.

>

> Does anyone know of any further action that can be taken to

> level the field between U.S. and everybody else?

>

> The way I understand it is - this is what our lawyers agreed to on our

> behalf AFTER we voted to settle:

>

> The Canadians will get only 60% of what the Americans get for the

identical

> illness grid. (remember, it's a U.S. product that made us sick)

>

> The settlement facility will make payments to us in Canadian dollars and

not

> U.S. funds.

>

> The lawyers will take 25% off the top.

>

> Some Provinces want to recoup medical expenses related to failed implants?

>

> Guess what's left? You got it! You are still sick and still bankrupt.

>

> How many voted " yes " before these " details " were presented?

>

> How many women have spouses and children who were given a vote to settle,

> but find out now they are not eligible to claim? Would these ineligible

> votes be the

> very ones that made the " yes " side win?

>

> I think the whole thing stinks. The next question is, what am I going to

do

> about it! Don't know. Please forward your comments and/or solutions.

>

> gail

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> From: <s_laliberte_2001@...>

> Subject: Re: Hot off the Press ... Dow Appeals Decisions

> ilena rose <ilena@...>

>

> Ilena, I was reading the decisions and read about the

> Alberta and Manitoba Goverments wanting to go after

> the women for repayment, in the Province of

> Saskatchewan where I live they were trying the same I

> went to the opposition here and I attended the

> legislative building on one of there sessions and had

> the minister of health questioned about it in front of

> the media, within a couple of days the Goverment did a

> press release through the department of Justice

> saying they would not be seeking repayment, the

> reasons I gave to them is that each province also had

> the right to enter into the dow suit but chose not to

> and that each province had to agree to the breast

> implants being used. What happened is the Minister of

> health here aditted it was the Federal Goverments

> mistake, and I argued it was wrong to go after women

> who would receive more than 10,000 dollars because

> they would be the sicker ones and it was

> discriminating. The women in Alberta, and Manitoba

> have got to do the same thing and use the opposition

> to bring this out in front of the media, because to me

> for the Goverments to be doing this means they are

> admitting the implants are not safe and then the

> question is why did you allow them to be used in there

> Province. If women go the beauty and the breast story

> that we did with CBC they will find the article from

> the paper posted there. Then I can't be accused of

> making this all up. I will write to media people I

> know well in Manitoba as I used to live there, and

> will contact a person from Calgary in the media that I

> know.

>

> I hope the U.S women start to do the same thing, none

> of us should have to give a cent to any Goverment

> because of there mistakes.

> Sincerley,

> Laliberte

>

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> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:32:59 -0800

> Subject: Re: Hot off the Press ... Dow Appeals Decisions

>

> It is such crap, really. Sorry for the verbage. With the government such

> as it is, DOW will never have to come through. The boys in the power will

> never allow us to have what we deserve. These guys, that run the

> government are bad, IMO. They will use ANYTHING to delay what is

righteous

> and deserved. I have never held my breath I would receive a red cent. I

> have tried to just live and be as happy as I can...hold together my life

in

> the ways that I am able and keep moving forward. Perhaps I am one of the

> lucky ones. I " only " have a pacemaker, a bad mitral valve, cysts on my

> brain, fibromyalgia, weak legs and neuropathy...but I am NOT letting it

> stop me from living.

>

> Feel free to pass this message along, but not with my email addy ilena.

>

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>

> From: " Mark and Dee Parks " <deeparks@...>

> Subject: dow

> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:53:35 -0700

>

> Hi: I might not understand this properly so of course I am writing you

> for an English translation. The way I read this, the appeals from

> nor-settling claimant, have been thrown out and sent back to district

> court. as they have the right to sue Dow separately, The Feds may or may

> not get reimbursement from the claimants. That the higher court reaffirms

> the settlement for the ones who have agreed to the previous court

> agreements. I think ?????? Dee

>

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