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DENNIS v. GENERAL ELEC. CORP.

No. 84-1459.

762 F.2d 365 (1985)

James A. DENNIS and Jean D. Dennis, his wife, Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Sutter, Baltimore, Md. (Peter T. Nicholl; Ashcraft & Gerel, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Donald E. Jose, Asst. Director, Torts Branch Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen.; Jeffrey Axelrad, Director, Torts Branch; Robin A. Henderson, Madelyn R. Creedon, Trial Attys., U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., on brief) for appellee.

Before WIDENER, SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, James A. Dennis and his wife, Jean D. Dennis, brought this federal diversity action against the defendant, General Electric Company ("G.E."), based on their allegation that James Dennis was negligently exposed to radiation while he participated in the demolition of G.E.'s SL-1 Army Nuclear Reactor in 1962. Plaintiffs also allege that this unnecessary exposure to radiation ultimately caused James Dennis to contract a rare form...

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