JOHNSTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 81-1060, 1061, 1100 and 1101.

546 F.Supp. 879 (1982)

Ada G. JOHNSTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

September 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken M. Peterson, Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Christopher W. O'Brien, Redmond, Redmond, O'Brien & Nazar, Wichita, Kan., for plaintiffs.

Larry Shoaf, McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, Wichita, Kan., for Aerotech World Trade Corp., Aviall, Inc. (formerly Dallas Airmotive, Inc.), Candle Aviation Supply.

T. Michael Wilson, Stinson, Wisdom, Lasswell & Wilson, Wichita, Kan., for Aviation Purchasing Services, Century Instrument Corp., S.A.L. Instrument Co., William P. Strube, Inc.

Steven Rupp, Curfman, Harris & Weigand, Wichita, Kan., for Barfield Instrument Corp., Don Horn Co., Inc.

Alvin D. Herrington, McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, Wichita, Kan., for Century Instrument Corp.

Carl N. Kelly, Wichita, Kan., for A. L. Fulks d/b/a Pen Air.

Eldon Boisseau, Turner & Boisseau, Chartered, Wichita, Kan., for Ametek d/b/a U.S. Gauge, Gen. Elec. Corp., Weston Instrument, Inc.

Richard I. Manas, Manas & Marcus, P.A., Miami, Fla., for Aviation Purchasing Service.

William R. Smith, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan., for Castleberry Instrument & Avionics, Inc., Van Dusen Air Inc.

Wallace E. Maloney, J. Michael Colpoys, Kern, Wooley & Maloney, Irving, Tex., for Aviall, Inc. (formerly Dallas Airmotive).

Dennis Phelps, Wichita, Kan., for G & L Instruments Co., Inc.

Donald Patterson, Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, Topeka, Kan., for General Motors Corp. (Fisher Body), Lewis Engineering Co.

Keith E. Martin, Smith, Shay, Farmer & Wetta, Wichita, Kan., for Instrument & Flight Research.

Robert M. Siefkin, Darrell Warta, Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan., for Speery Corp.

Steve Lester, Asst. U.S. Atty., Wichita, Kan., for U.S.A.

Steven R. Smith, Kahrs, Nelson, Fanning, Hite & Kellogg, Wichita, Kan., for Aircraft Instrument & Development.

William A. Hensley, Sherwood & Hensley, Wichita, Kan., for Bendix Corp.

Rex G. Beasley, Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, Wichita, Kan., for Piper Aircraft Corp.

Paul B. Swartz, Martin, Pringle, Fair, Davis & Oliver, Wichita, Kan., for Sun Chemical Corp. d/b/a Kollsman Precision Aircraft Instrument Corp.

Patrick McDavitt, Levitt, Palmer, Bowen, Rotman & Share, Minneapolis, Minn., for Van Dusen Air Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KELLY, District Judge.

These lawsuits arise out of injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiffs or their decedents as a result of exposure to radiation that originated in the luminous dials of aircraft instruments. The injured individuals encountered these instruments in the course of their employment with Aircraft Instrument and Development, Inc. (AID), whose business involved the repair and overhaul of such devices. Plaintiffs assert...

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