Court tosses out award in Hanford case - AP

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Source: Associated Press

Court tosses out award in Hanford case

By Shannon Dininny, Associated Press Writer
| August 14, 2007

YAKIMA, Wash. --A federal appeals court tossed out a
nearly $320,000 award to a thyroid cancer victim who
blamed her disease on radiation from the government's
Hanford nuclear installation, which made plutonium for
bombs for four decades.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco said a lower court erred in
its ruling because plaintiff Gloria Wise's case fell outside
the statute of limitations.

However, the appeals court remanded the case to U.S.
District Court to determine whether Wise had the
information necessary to file a claim within the required
three years of being found to have the disease.

The ruling was significant because it could mean the
claims of hundreds of other plaintiffs would be barred by
time, said Kevin Van Wart, an attorney for defendants
General Electric Co., DuPont Co. and UNC Nuclear Inc.

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1. looks like BushCo has been firing/hiring judges for fed appeals courts, too