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January 11, 2009

Former Attorney General Griffin Bell was hired by Dow Corning to perform an internal investigation into their business practices regarding silicone gel breast implants.

Judge Sam Pointer, after a review of the files by CA attorney Elizabeth Cabrazer, determined that some of the documents were not pertinent to the silicone gel breast implant issue and would not order them released to the MDL attorneys.

Or, did Judge Pointer declare the documents "attorney/client" privilege? Depends on who tells the story.

Judge Pointer died. He left the participants of MDL 926 with more questions than he answered.

Griffin Bell has died and taken his Dow Corning secrets to the grave.

Who is left to ask about the documents and who do we ask for their release?

Judge Clemon is due to retire January 31, 2009. Ladies, let's ask him for one last gift. The release of the sealed Griffin Bell documents.

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Common Benefit Trust

This call to action is critical to address issues of concern to all participants in MDL 926.

To all current and past participants of MDL 926 and their families:

The Common Benefit Trust has operated under the veil of secrecy allowed by the "judicial exclusion" in the Freedom of Information Act. The Trust has been funded by a percentage of all settlements from MDL 926, the Private Adjudication Center, and the opt-out settlements.
Therefore, how much money is in the fund and how it is spent, IS very much the business of everyone who participated in MDL 926 and/or their surviving family members.

It is time to ask for that veil of secrecy to be lifted. It is not too late to contact Judge Clemon and Senator Schumer. As a participant of MDL 926 or a family member of a participant, your input is valuable. The funds in the Common Benefit Trust have been funded from the illnesses of women harmed by breast implants prior to the initiation of MDL 926. As a participant or family member, you have a moral and ethical right to know how your funds have been spent. Please write and give your support to a forensic audit of the Common Benefit Trust.
Whether you understand all the legal procedings that have occurred in the past 15 years or not, please request a full forensic audit of the Common Benefit Trust.
Address your concerns to:

Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Washington, DC
313 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027
TDD: 202-224-0420

Hon. Judge Clemon
United States District Court
Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse
1729 5th Ave. North
Birmingham, AL 35203

Please partiicpate in these calls to action. If the women most affected by the decisions of Judge Sam C. Pointer do not ask critical questions, who will be left?

The decisions made by the court have not only affected the 440,000 participants of MDL 926, they affect the lives and personal health of the millions of women who obtained breast implants since 1994 who do not know the hidden secrets even existed.

If not you, then who?

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