Implant plaintiffs reach into a deep pocket; Texas lawsuits are the first to include related company Dow Chemical as a defendant

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Plaintiffs in Laas v. Dow Corning and Ladner v. Dow Corning are suing co-defendants Dow Corning Corp and Dow Chemical Co, marking the first time the latter has been a defendant in a breast implant suit. Defense attorneys charge Dow Chemical was sued because plaintiffs wanted a 'deep pocket' to go after. The judge has said plaintiffs must show Dow Chemical was directly liable for the defective implants. The plaintiffs have presented evidence on Dow Chemical's silicone research and on the close cooperation between the two companies, allegedly also in a conspiracy of silence about the implant's dangers.

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing, Surgical appliances and supplies, Surgical & Radioactive Implants, Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan), DOW, Prostheses and implants

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Personal injuries; after cancer and implants, a lawyer fights back

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Karen E. Koskoff, co-chair of the Assn of Trial Lawyers of America's (ATLA) breast implant litigation group, has been interested in social activism since childhood due to the inspiration of various family members. Efforts have included a suit on behalf of student-volunteers against officials at Lorton federal prison for inadequate protection of the volunteers during prison visits. Maintaining that each implant case is unique and that a class action would be unfair, she has succeeded in persuading the ATLA to adhere to a 1984 resolution opposing class actions.

Practice, Koskoff, Karen E.

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Dow Corning ad sets off furor, implant mistrials; company calls attack on tort lawyers' money for judicial races 'informative.'

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A full-page ad run by Dow Corning in several national newspapers resulted in declarations of mistrial by two TX judges during the jury-selection phase. State District Judge Russell Lloyd on May 10 stopped Debbie Schilleci v Baxter Health Care on his own initiative, and plaintiff's attorney Marian Rosen won a mistrial declaration from Judge Greg Abbott in Daugherty v Dow Chemical. Dow Chemical and Dow Corning were not defendants in either case. A group of implant plaintiffs' lawyers has made legal motions against the ad.

United States, Medical equipment

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