Dow Corning: Silicone Breast Implants
In 1998, Dow Corning [a joint venture of The Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) and Corning Inc. (GLW)] was reached a settlement in which it agreed to pay $2 billion as part of a larger $4.25 billion class action suit filed by customers who claimed that their silicone breast implants were rupturing, causing injury, bodily damage, scleroderma and death.