In Re Silicone Gel Breast Implants Products Liability Litigation

Memorandum of Opinion

(Granting Motion by General Electric Company for Reconsideration and Summary Judgment)

POINTER, Chief Judge.

Under submission after extensive discovery, briefing, and oral argument is a motion by defendant General Electric Company (“GE”) requesting reconsideration of this Court’s March 20, 1996, opinion and order, which had denied GE’s motion for summary judgment. GE seeks summary judgment in all breast implant cases currently pending in, or later filed in, removed to, or transferred to this court. It contends that, contrary to the earlier order, it is not liable for…