[CPEO-MEF] Compensation for Livermore Labs (CA) widow

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bittersweet win for lab worker's widow

By Betsy Mason
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
August 30, 2005


More than five years after her husband Carl died and four years after 
her first attempt to file for compensation for his death, Joyce Brooks 
has finally gotten justice from the Department of Labor in the form of a 
$275,000 check.

Before he died, Carl asked Joyce to pursue restitution from the 
Department of Energy for his illness, which he believed was caused by 32 
years at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, including work as a beryllium 
machinist.

It has been a long hard road for Brooks. Her claim was denied three 
times. But she persisted, and now she has what she was looking for: an 
admission of guilt.

Experts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
who deal with any claim that is not clear cut, decided it was "more 
likely than not" that Carl, 70, died of chronic beryllium disease from 
exposure at the lab.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/12512255.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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