WHITE v. PAULSEN

No. CS-97-239-RHW.

997 F.Supp. 1380 (1998)

Robert E. WHITE, Teresa Jane White, and their marital community, and Charles V. McClellan, Jr., on their own behalf and as representatives of classes of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. Dr. C. Alvin PAULSEN, in his individual and former official capacity; Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, a division of Battelle Memorial Institute, Inc., an Ohio corporation; The University of Washington; The University of Washington Medical Center; Dr. John Randolph Totter, in his individual capacity; Dr. James Leslie Liverman, in his individual capacity; Robert J. Rhay, in his individual and former official capacity; Garrett Heyns, in his individual and former official capacity; Dr. William J. Bremner, in his individual and former official capacity; General Electric, Co., Dr William Conte, in his individual and former official capacity; C.E. Heffron, in his individual and former official capacity, Defendants. Don BYERS, Airway Heights, Washington, and Don Kreitz, Spokane, Washington, Plaintiffs, v. C. Alvin PAULSEN, M.D., Seattle, Washington, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Washington.

March 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrill Davidoff, Daniel Berger, Stanley B. Siegel, Eric L. Cramer, Kendall S. Zylstra, Neil F. Mara, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, Bradley S. Keller, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, for Robert E. White, Teresa Jane White.

Stanley B. Siegel, Eric L. Cramer, Kendall S. Zylstra, Neil F. Mara, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, Bradley S. Keller, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, for Charles V. McClellan, Jr., Don Byers, Don Kreitz.

David L. Martin, Lee Smart Cook Martin & Patterson, Seattle, WA, David Michael Jacobi, John Donahue Wilson, Jr., Wilson Smith Cochran and Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for C. Alvin Paulson, M.D.

John Donahue Wilson, Jr., Wilson Smith Cochran and Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for Bd. of Regents of the University of Washington.

David Michael Jacobi, John Donahue Wilson, Jr., Wilson Smith Cochran and Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for University of Washington Medical Center, Dr. William J. Bremmer.

William Randolph Squires, III, Summit Law Group, Seattle, WA, for Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, div. of Battelle Momorial Inst. Inc. an Ohio Corp.

Richard Montague, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div. - Torts Branch, Washington, DC, Christopher Lee Pickrell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for John Randolph Totter, Dr., James Leslie Liverman, Dr.

Michael F. Madden, Bennett & Bigelow, Seattle, WA, for Robert J. Rhay.

Patricia H. Wagner, Heller Erhmann White and McAulife, Seattle, WA, for General Electric Co.

James P. Connelly, Bruce Edward Didesch, U.S. Attorney's Office, Spokane, WA, Richard Montague, Janet F. Katz, Gay E. Kang, Christina M. Humway, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div. - Torts Branch, Washington, DC, for USA.

Keith D. Petrak, Bradley S. Keller, Byrnes & Keller, Seattle, WA, Daniel Berger, Stanley B. Siegel, Eric L. Cramer, Kendall S. Zylstra, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, for Donna Bryant, David L. Bryant, William Dana, Clara Dana, Michael Donovan, Vincent Fraulini, Helen Fraulini, William Jansen, David Metreveli, Donald Nelson, Obie Noonkester, Jack Shepard, Jess Shirley, Charles Stowell.


ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS CLAIMS OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

WHALEY, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant C. Alvin Paulsen's Motion to Dismiss (Ct.Rec. 78), which has been joined by Defendants General Electric Company, Battelle Memorial Institute, Rhay, and Conte. Defendants' motion seeks dismissal of the White and McClellan Plaintiffs' "crimes against humanity" cause of action, which pertains to radiation experiments that Plaintiffs allege...

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