Has anyone had a settlement yet?

[Guest guest]

I've been in this group for years now, I've not heard of anyone getting a settlement of any sort from anyone, because of implants. Have there been any?? Or is my attorney just a forest? And will the implant manufactor pay to have an explant? Which doctors honor it, if they do such a thing? Thanks in advance for all the information. Jeaninebuchanan@...

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[Guest guest]

I have talked to one person who received $25,000 from Dow.

Penni

Has anyone had a settlement yet?

I've been in this group for years now, I've not heard of anyone getting a settlement of any sort from anyone, because of implants.

Have there been any?? Or is my attorney just a forest? And will the implant manufactor pay to have an explant? Which doctors honor it, if they do such a thing?

Thanks in advance for all the information.

Jeaninebuchanan@...

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne ... it's scandalous.

This announcement in February of this year ... the small percentage

of women who were paid received a pittance of around $10,000 each.

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Breast implant cases face delays

Processing to take longer after 14-year ban

February 15, 2006

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?

AID=/20060215/FEATURES08/6...

What it is: A $3.2-billion court settlement set aside by Midland-

based

Dow Corning Inc. to pay for legal claims filed by those with breast

implants and others with silicone medical devices. U.S. District

Judge

Page Hood is overseeing the case in Detroit.

To date: In all, $527 million has been paid for 51,315 claims,

according to Austern, facility administrator.

What's next: The court facility processing claims slows today to

install a new computer system. The administrator promises that all

who

have filed claims will get answers about their cases by October.

Federal regulators have notified silicone breast implant

manufacturers

that they expect to lift a 14-year commercial ban on the products,

but

a federal investigation has slowed the approval.

For information: Call 866-874-6099 or go to www.dcsettlement.com and

www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/index.html.

PATRICIA ANSTETTBreast implant cases face delays

Processing to take longer after 14-year ban

February 15, 2006

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FREE PRESS MEDICAL WRITER

Breast implant claims

What it is: A $3.2-billion court settlement set aside by Midland-

based

Dow Corning Inc. to pay for legal claims filed by those with breast

implants and others with silicone medical devices. U.S. District

Judge

Page Hood is overseeing the case in Detroit.

To date: In all, $527 million has been paid for 51,315 claims,

according to Austern, facility administrator.

What's next: The court facility processing claims slows today to

install a new computer system. The administrator promises that all

who

have filed claims will get answers about their cases by October.

Federal regulators have notified silicone breast implant

manufacturers

that they expect to lift a 14-year commercial ban on the products,

but

a federal investigation has slowed the approval.

For information: Call 866-874-6099 or go to www.dcsettlement.com and

www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/index.html.

PATRICIA ANSTETT

Fourteen years after federal regulators banned silicone breast

implants for commercial use, thousands of women still haven't

received

a penny for legal claims that the implants damaged their health.

And starting today, processing of the cases will slow even more for

two months while the court-appointed Settlement Facility-Dow Corning

Trust installs a new computer system.

The administrator of the facility, appointed last May by U.S.

District

Judge Hood, promises that the new computer system, plus a few

additional employees, will allow most claims to be reviewed -- but

not

necessarily paid -- by September.

" I predict that by the end of October of this year, every single

pending claim will have been reviewed, and people will have heard

from

us, " said Austern, claims administrator of facility. There is

no

payment deadline, but letters the facility sent in June 2004 led

many

claimants and their attorneys to believe they would receive money

soon. They say their calls and letters have been ignored and that

the

court in Detroit promised a system that would allow them to track

their cases electronically, which was implemented this year.

To get access to the system, claimants or their attorneys need

passwords, and so far mostly large law firms have been the ones to

get

them.

A separate problem is that many courts are so backlogged that cases

lag for years without resolution.

The court will begin installing a new computer system today that

will,

temporarily, halve the number of claims the staff typically can

process, Austern said last week. Retraining the staff on the new

system also will slow processing of claims, he said. " So, for two

months, this will get worse.

" We're not going as fast as we should, " particularly with claims

that

implants caused chronic diseases, such as arthritis, he said. Still,

he added, " I'd rate the performance of the facility as very good ...

which is not the same as saying there's room for improvement. "

Vanera , 58, of West Bloomfield, is one of thousands waiting

for an answer.

A breast cancer survivor, she had breast implant surgery in 1986 for

reconstruction. She had them removed in 1994 because they caused her

pain, headaches and other problems, she said. The same year, she

filed

a claim to be paid for the surgery and implant-related health bills.

After no response for six years, she hired Clawson lawyer Wilbert

Simkovitz to look into the matter. The facility told him to file

another claim, then told him that her claim was being denied because

she had filed two claims.

Now, the court will recognize only the latter claim filed in 2000,

possibly explaining part of the delay. And still has no idea

where her case stands.

" Why has this taken more than 10 years? " Simkovitz asked. " Where is

the court oversight? "

A spokeswoman for Hood said she does not comment on pending cases

and

referred questions to Austern.

Attorneys and women involved in the case said that, before Austern

arrived, the facility challenged many claims on technicalities.

Sometimes it demanded paperwork already filed. Other times, it

nitpicked any discrepancy found.

For example, if a doctor filed records saying a woman's breast

implant

had ruptured, but supporting pathology documents mentioned that the

implants had bled or leaked but not ruptured, the facility would

deny

the claim, said Doug s, an attorney with Detroit's Charfoos &

Christensen law firm.

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www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

[Guest guest]

This isn't my motivation to explant, but are there any lawyers doing class action suits for SALINE implants against MENTOR?

[Guest guest]

don't think you can..... I have tried to find an atty for YEARS....... let me know if you find one that is interested... came close a few times but nada.... I had three total leaking ones... all faulty valves.....

shari

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/24/2006 11:13:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, coss@... writes:

When you received your Mentor implant (if it was after 1992), you had to sign an agreement not to sue.Lynda

Then there's another thing the doctors forget to tell you about when tossing paperwork in front of you.

[Guest guest]

When you received your Mentor implant (if it was after 1992), you had

to sign an agreement not to sue.

Lynda

At 09:01 AM 7/24/2006, you wrote:

>This isn't my motivation to explant, but are there any lawyers doing

>class action suits for SALINE implants against MENTOR?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Yes, we even hear reports that they have you sign this after you have

started sedation or when you are coming out of sedation. Of course,

there is so much stuff that they give you to sign, many just sign and

never read most of it.

Lynda

At 09:19 AM 7/24/2006, you wrote:

>In a message dated 7/24/2006 11:13:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,

>coss@... writes:

>

>When you received your Mentor implant (if it was after 1992), you had

>to sign an agreement not to sue.

>

>Lynda

>

>Then there's another thing the doctors forget to tell you about when

>tossing paperwork in front of you.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Brigite . . . I hear bits and pieces of some women suing . . . but, in today's climate, those who might sue need to keep a low profile. I'd encourage any woman who thinks she may prevail in a law suit to canvas as many attorney's as possible to see if she can find someone willing to take them on. The problem is that, because of "tort reform" . . . actually "corporation protection" laws, it's become exceptionally expensive and time consuming to take on these cases. The "standard of proof" is so high that, even if you had one thousand women who were sick with the same illnesses, and had only breast implants in common, the court would still demand "proof" that the breast implants caused the problems. Mentor did manufacture breast implants with a defective valve for years after they knew it was defective . . . IMHO, they knew they could get by with

it! Only when the FDA puts their (corrupt) foot down will anything change. Rogene

[Guest guest]

Margie, Maybe someone will send you the name of an attorney who is taking implant cases . .. However, don't be surprised if no one does because attorney's willing to take the cases are few and far between. Whether you were fully conscious or not, you likely signed a consent form that relieved the surgeon and manufacturer of any liability! The time is past to register for implants that were placed prior to 1992. Rotten business! Hugs, Rogene

[Guest guest]

Rogene, My mentor implants where put in 1996, ruptured last year. Do you think I signed my rights away? Thanks Margie

From: Rogene S <saxony01@...>Reply- To: Subject: Re: Has anyone had a settlement yet?Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:43:55 -0700 (PDT)

Margie,

Maybe someone will send you the name of an attorney who is taking implant cases . .. However, don't be surprised if no one does because attorney's willing to take the cases are few and far between. Whether you were fully conscious or not, you likely signed a consent form that relieved the surgeon and manufacturer of any liability!

The time is past to register for implants that were placed prior to 1992.

Rotten business!

Hugs,

Rogene

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