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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 29, 1995                   TAG: 9503290087
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HOUSTON                                LENGTH: Short

IMPLANT VERDICT AMENDED

A judge on Tuesday freed Dow Chemical Co. from having to pay a share of a $5.2 million verdict won by a woman who sued over her leaky breast implants. The ruling means Dow Corning Corp., manufacturer of the implants, must pay the entire amount.

Judge Michael Schneider said in court papers that he was disregarding the jury's finding that Dow Chemical gave Dow Corning ``substantial encouragement or assistance'' in marketing implants with inadequately tested materials.

``This confirms what we have been saying all along - that Dow Chemical did nothing wrong and caused no harm to the plaintiffs,'' said John Scriven, general counsel for Dow Chemical, based in Midland, Mich. ``There is no basis upon which to hold us in the breast implant litigation.''

Dow Corning said it will appeal the verdict.

- Associated Press

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