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LAWSUITS $54 million Compensation demanded by Judge Roy Pearson in a lawsuit against a dry cleaner in Washington, D.C., who lost a pair of his pants, claiming it failed to deliver on its promise of "satisfaction guaranteed"; the suit was dismissed on June 26 $10.50 Cost of the alteration that...
Do you regret demanding compensation from the 9/11 fund for your husband's death? -Juana Suarez, MEXICO CITYI was thinking of Adam. When I knew that the people who were involved in 9/11 were also involved in Danny's case, I wanted him to join a moment in history. I...
The men and women in the hotel conference room had helped manufacture plutonium triggers for atomic weapons at the Rocky Flats weapons plant, and then allegedly fell victim to at least 22 different kinds of cancer in the process. As they listened to the June 12 proceedings, they heard that...
The former Rocky Flats workers had hoped that the board would approve Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) for all workers at the plant, meaning expedited access to compensation. Instead, the government panel approved that status only for workers employed at Rocky Flats from Jan. 1, 1959 to Dec. 31, 1966, saying...
The board was appointed by President Bush to help implement the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, an offshoot of former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's efforts to bring transparency to the debilitating effects of radioactive materials on worker health - going back to the Manhattan Project at...