HEALTH CARE

Ad Disrupts Breast Implant Litigation: A full-page advertisement placed in newspapers by Dow Corning Corp. prompted a mistrial in one breast implant trial and sent shock waves through the parties involved in other cases. Texas District Judge Russell Lloyd stopped the trial during jury selection after plaintiffs’ attorneys accused the Midland, Mich., company of jury tampering. Though the trial involved Baxter Health Care Corp., not Dow Corning, Lloyd said he was forced to restart jury selection because of possible influences from the ad, which ran in about a dozen newspapers, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The ad recounts the company’s position that science has found no link between silicone breast implants and women’s health problems. Dow Corning officials denied attempting to influence any implant liability case.