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KELLY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 80-4339.

512 F.Supp. 356 (1981)

Edward C. KELLY and Marie Kelly, his wife v. UNITED STATES of America and Certain Past and Present Officers and Officials of the United States Department of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of the Navy, the Atomic Energy Commission, the United States Navy and the Veterans Administration, whose names will be inserted when ascertained, each individually and in his official capacity.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman R. Segal, Philadelphia, for plaintiffs.

Paul F. Figley, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Edward Kelly alleges that while serving in the United States Navy in 1946 he and numerous other servicemen were exposed to nuclear radiation during the Navy's tests of nuclear weaponry in the South Pacific. Kelly contends that he developed cancer as a result of this exposure. He is joined in this action by his wife. Defendants are the United States, and unknown officials of the various federal agencies involved in...

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