IMAMURA v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 19-1457.

957 F.3d 98 (2020)

Shinya IMAMURA; Iryo Hojin Nishikai; Iryo Hojin Shadan Imamura Clinic; Kabushiki Kaisha Bellevue Trading; Kabushiki Kaisha Maruhi; Koeki Zaidan Hojin Jinsenkai; Konno Geka Clinic; Akira Konno; Masahiro Yamaguchi; Junko Takahashi, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee, Does 1-100, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl M. Forte , Philadelphia, PA, with whom Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Timothy P. Frawley , Law Offices of Timothy P. Frawley, Faith R. Greenfield , Camden, NJ, Bonnie L. Dixon and Atsumi & Sakai were on brief, for appellants.

David J. Weiner , with whom Sally L. Pei , Washington, DC, Michael D. Schissel , New York, NY, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, John B. Koss , Boston, MA, and Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC were on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Lynch, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


In 2011, an earthquake-induced tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ("FNPP") in Japan. The event triggered a series of explosions that caused a tragic nuclear disaster, which destroyed the property and livelihoods of the residents of Fukushima Prefecture and the surrounding area (the "FNPP disaster"...

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