[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "Contamination death lawsuit against Fort Detrick [MD] dismissed"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination death lawsuit against Fort Detrick dismissed

By Kelsi Loos 
Frederick News-Post (MD)
August 12, 2016

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought damages on behalf of people believed to have been harmed and killed by exposure to contaminants at Fort Detrick.

Judge Catherine C. Blake issued a memo filed Thursday, stating that the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case.

The decision dismisses a $750,000,000 class-action suit filed in August 2015 by people who believe their loved ones were affected by the Army’s disposal of hazardous waste, including the estate of Kristen Renee, who died of brain cancer at age 30, and her father Randy White’s family.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/contamination-death-lawsuit-against-fort-detrick-dismissed/article_26e66cc0-4d31-58cb-bf46-1ef1519616dd.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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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