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COFFEY v. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Civ. A. No. 81-0080.

518 F.Supp. 726 (1981)

Lowell M. COFFEY, Plaintiff, v. The DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Heideman, Louisville, Ky., Robert P. Schuster, Jackson, Wyo., for plaintiff.

Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., Paul F. Figley, Dept. Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

CURRAN, Senior District Judge.

On September 14, 1979, plaintiff filed this action in United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky alleging that he contracted multiple myeloma, a rampant form of cancer, from exposure to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was a highly toxic chemical defoliant used in the Vietnam War. In his original and amended complaints he sued the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army and several former...

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