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HOPKINS v. DOW CORNING CORP.

No. 92-16132.

33 F.3d 1116 (1994)

Mariann HOPKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOW CORNING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley M. Hufstedler, Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant.

Laurence H. Tribe, Law Professor, Cambridge, MA, Dan C. Bolton, Wilson, Shryack & Bolton, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: LAY, HUG, and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, Mariann Hopkins sued Dow Corning Corporation to recover for injuries suffered as a result of two sets of breast implants manufactured by Dow, which she received in breast reconstruction surgeries in 1977 and 1986. The jury found Dow liable for Hopkins' injuries and awarded Hopkins $840,000 in compensatory damages and $6.5 million in punitive damages. Dow appeals.

Dow contends that the district court erred in determining...

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