LEGAL

Woman Wins Suit: A federal court jury in San Francisco has awarded $7.34 million to a Sebastopol woman after finding that her Dow Corning silicon breast implant had ruptured, causing a painful, permanent immune-system disease. The jury found that the implant was designed and manufactured defectively and that Dow Corning had failed to warn Mariann Hopkins of the risks of the device. A lawyer for the Midland, Mich.-based company said the verdict will be appealed.