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SANCHEZ v. U.S.

Civil No. 09-1260 (DRD).

707 F.Supp.2d 216 (2010)

Juanita SANCHEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 31, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabriel I. Penagaricano-Soler, Gabriel I. Penagaricano Law Office, Guaynabo, PR, John Arthur Eaves, Jr., John Arthur Eaves Law Offices, Jackson, MS, PHV Hiram Eastland, Jr., Eastland Law Offices, PLLC, Greenwood, MS, Steven R. Perles, Perles Law Firm, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

John Adam Bain, Margaret Jane Mahoney, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, Miguel A. Fernandez-Torres, Isabel Munoz-Acosta, United States Attorneys Office, District of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

DANIEL R. DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs in the instant action, which arises under the Federal Torts Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq, are 7,125 residents of the island of Vieques who allege that for six decades they shared the 18-mile-long island with the United States Navy ("the Navy"), a neighbor who Plaintiffs allege illegally used explosives, ordnance and contaminants on...

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