A French appeals court has ordered German certification agency TUV Rheinland to pay up to 37,000 euros per person to victims of faulty breast implants produced by French company PIP prior to its closure, lawyers for the victims said in a statement.
The lawyers said the Court of Appeal in the southern French city of Aix-en-Provence had ruled that TUV would have to pay a group of 13 PIP victims between 7,000 euros and more than 37,000 euros each, with an average payment of 16,555 euros, and said the decision would serve as a benchmark for other victims.
The TUV Rheinland press office could not be reached immediately for comment.
