11.   The women would be able to obtain additional payments depending on the diseases or injuries they can document, with even higher payments if their implants ruptured.

12.   The women, Gay Hunger, Donna Whitman and Teresa Sparks, had claimed the implants ruptured and caused their health problems.

13.   There is abundant evidence that silicone implants ruptured at rates far higher than initially suggested by manufacturers.

14.   When she had them removed, doctors discovered her left implant had ruptured, encasing the left side of her rib cage, she said.