"She doesn't have much of a life. But she is pleased that the company was made to pay."
--Frederic Ellis, lawyer for 67-year-old Florence Vasallo, whose 1977 silicone breast implants from Baxter International Inc. ruptured and led to immune system disease. A Massachusetts jury awarded her $1.5 million in damages this week.
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