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...Supreme Court today refused to reduce a $7.34 million award granted to a California woman who sued Dow Corning Corp over health problems related to silicone breast implants. The woman claimed that she contracted a painful disease after her silicone breast implants ruptured. Dow Corning had contended that the damages awarded by a lower court were excessive. The lawsuit helped spur other legal complaints brought by women who claimed to be injured by breast implants made by the firm...
...biggest defendant in the breast implant litigation, Dow corning Corp., is contributing at least $7 million for the research. Dow purports to have no influence on the setup or conduct of the study...
...David H. Smith, director of the Poynter Center of the Study of Ethics at Indiana University, said in an interview last night that it is not unheard-of for a corporation like Dow to sponsor research which is intimately linked to its products. Smith cited the tobacco industry's funding of research on smoking...
...same issue that Schur published his own paper, a report solicited from Dow Corning Corp., the biggest defendant in breast implant litigation, was the lead article. The article attacked the news media and plaintiff attorneys for creating an unwarranted panic over breast implants...
...dive early last Tuesday, plunging 91.52 points -- the biggest one-day loss in 10 months. Investors, worried about the effect of the Fed's latest interest-rate hike on corporate earnings and on the economy in general, shifted money to the bond market. At week's end, however, the Dow had gained back 30 points and closed...