ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 2, 1994                   TAG: 9409020079
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: B11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: BIRMINGHAM, ALA.                                 LENGTH: Short

COURT OKS IMPLANT-CASE SETTLEMENT

A judge granted final approval Thursday to the largest single product liability settlement in U.S. history, a $4.25 billion pact between women and breast implant manufacturers.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Sam Pointer cleared the way for court-appointed administrators to begin determining whether there is enough money to pay thousands of women seeking money from the settlement.

Critics contend the settlement is severely underfunded.

- Associated Press 


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