Evelyn HEINRICH on behalf of her husband George Heinrich, Henry M. Sienkewicz, Jr., on behalf of his mother Eileen Rose Sienkewicz, Rosemary Gualtieri on behalf of her father Joseph Mayne, Walter Carl Van Dyke on behalf of his father Walter Carmen Van Dyke, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
William H. SWEET, M.D., trustee of the Lee Edward Farr Trust Dated 1/11/71, as amended, The Estate of Lee Edward Farr, M.D., Associated Universities, Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The United States of America, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 30, 1999.
April 30, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Raymond J. Heslin, Gold, Farrell & Marks, New York City, Anthony Z. Roisman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, D.C., John K. McGuire, Jr., McGuire & McGuire, Worcester, MA, for Evelyn Heinrich.
John K. McGuire, Jr., McGuire & McGuire, Worcester, MA, Raymond J. Heslin, Gold, Farrell & Marks, New York City, Anthony Z. Roisman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for Henry M. Sienkewicz, Jr.
Raymond J. Heslin, Gold, Farrell & Marks, New York City, for Rosemary Gualtieri.
Raymond J. Kenney, Mark Newcity, Christopher J. Maley, Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney, Boston, MA, Gail A. Anderson, Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney, Boston, MA, for William H. Sweet, MD., Massachusetts General Hospital.
William Shields, Sarah G. Hunt, Day, Berry & Howard, Boston, MA, Kevin T. VanWart, Jerome A. Karnick, Marc J. Zwillinger, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Kevin T. Van Wart, Jonathan Silverman, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Lee Howard Farr, M.D.
William Shields, Sarah G. Hunt, Day, Berry & Howard, Boston, MA, Jerome A. Karnick, Marc J. Zwillinger, Kevin T. Van Wart, Jonathan Silverman, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Mark Newcity, Martin Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney, Boston, MA, for Associated Universities, Inc.
Francis C. Lynch, Lori B. Silver, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Burke M. Wong, U.S. Department of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for USA.
Herbert E. Milstein, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for Walter Carl Van Dyke.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
This cause of action arises out of experiments conducted on individuals under the care of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brookhaven National Laboratory in the 1950s and 1960s.1 The plaintiffs (collectively, the "Plaintiffs") in this action are comprised of two groups: Evelyn Heinrich and Henry Sienkewicz...
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