[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "Fort Detrick [MD] asks judge to dismiss contamination lawsuit"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Detrick asks judge to dismiss contamination lawsuit

By Sylvia Carignan 
Frederick News-Post (MD)
March 1, 2016
 


The Army is asking that complaints by current and former Frederick residents who sued Fort Detrick for wrongful death and suffering be denied.

Frederick residents and Randy White’s family, along with members of the Kristen Renee Foundation, filed a class-action lawsuit in August claiming that Fort Detrick’s failure to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater caused the illnesses and deaths of their relatives.

The plaintiffs are seeking $750 million for wrongful death and pain and suffering. U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, representing the Army's interests, asked Monday that the case be dismissed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/fort-detrick-asks-judge-to-dismiss-contamination-lawsuit/article_21c1968a-5481-57b1-bea7-fc0b553b19e3.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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