GLOBAL BREAST IMPLANT SETTLEMENT SCIENCE PANEL WILL PROVIDE OPINIONS INOPT-OUT CASES; FIRST CLAIMANT STATUS LETTERS ISSUED BY COURT ON MAY 31
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An expert panel to provide input on scientific issues in silicone breast implant litigation is being established under an order issued May 30 by U.S. District Court of Alabama Judge Samuel Pointer, the federal judge overseeing consolidated litigation against manufacturers of silicone gel breast implants. The panel will offer advice in cases being pursued by plaintiffs that opted out of the global breast implant settlement approved by Pointer in October 1995.