Breast implant women could get just 5% of damages
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Payments to silicone breast implant claimants could fall to just 5% of the amounts originally planned, according to the US federal district court administering the settlement. With some 249,000 US claimants and foreign claims still unevaluated, the Birmingham, Alabama court estimates that if all or most claims with minor defects are settled, the fund will be 20 times over-subscribed. Even if none of the slightly defective claims is settled, claimants will receive just 12-16% of the originally-envisaged damages, which ranged from $140,000 to $1.4 million per person.