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JOHNSTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 81-1060, 81-1061, 81-1100 and 81-1101.

568 F.Supp. 351 (1983)

Ada G. JOHNSTON, Individually and as Heir-At-Law of Earl E. Johnston, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants. Barbara J. WOMACK and Loyd B. Womack, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants. Estella I. VESSELS, Individually and as Heir-At-Law of Don C. Vessels, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants. Lila M. MEWHINNEY and Richard M. Mewhinney, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

July 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken M. Peterson of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Wichita, Kan., for plaintiff.

Donald Patterson and Steve Fabert of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, Topeka, Kan., for defendants General Motors and Lewis Engineering.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KELLY, District Judge.

These lawsuits stem from cancer or leukemia that was contracted by four former employees of Aircraft Instrument and Development, Inc. (AID), a concern whose business is the repair and overhaul of aircraft instruments. Plaintiffs contend that these four cases of cancer were caused by exposure to ionizing radiation that originated in luminous radioactive compounds on the faces of many instruments sent to AID for...

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