Czech women rebuffed in silicon breast implant case

Dozens of Czech women have failed in an attempt to claim compensation from a German company which supplied the silicon for breast implants which were later found to be flawed. An initial court hearing in France held out the prospect that damages could be claimed from the German firm which supplied the implants to the French company at the centre of a scandal which broke out in 2011. The complainants argued the producer had failed to check how the silicon was being used. But an appeal court reversed that ruling. Radek Novotný, acting for dozens of Czech women who received the faulty implants, said a further appeal to the Supreme Court is now being considered.