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IN RE TMI

Nos. 94-7600 to 94-7602.

67 F.3d 1119 (1995)

In re TMI. Metropolitan Edison Company ("Met Ed"); Pennsylvania Electric Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Company; General Public Utilities Corp.; Babcock & Wilcox Co.; McDermott, Inc.; Dresser Industries, Inc.; UE & C — Catalytic, Inc. (Raytheon); Burns & Roe Enterprises, Appellants Nos. 94-7600/7601, and Metro Edison Company ("Met Ed"); Pennsylvania Electric Company; Jersey Central Power & Light Company; General Public Utilities Corp.; Babcock & Wilcox Co.; McDermott, Inc.; Dresser Industries, Inc.; UE & C — Catalytic, Inc. (Raytheon); Burns & Roe Enterprises, Appellants No. 94-7602.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred H. Wilcox (argued), Ellen Kittredge Scott, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Arnold Levin (argued), Laurence S. Berman, Fred S. Longer, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Lee C. Swartz, Sandra L. Meilton, Hepford, Swartz & Morgan, Harrisburg, PA, William R. Wilson, Jr., Jackson, MS, for Appellees, Dorothy L. Aldrich, et al.

Louis M. Tarasi, Jr., Tarasi & Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees, Estate of Henrietta Adams, et al.

Before: SCIRICA, McKEE, AND SAROKIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal we are asked to determine whether persons who claim to have been injured by radiation from a nuclear reactor can recover punitive damages under state law. For the reasons that follow we conclude that plaintiffs here may recover punitive damages under Pennsylvania law and we will therefore affirm the decision of the district court.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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