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MAAS v. U.S.

No. 95-3475.

94 F.3d 291 (1996)

Gregory MAAS, Frank Felinski, Richard Sciaraffa, and Gregory Binnebose, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Leck (argued), Leck & Associates, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas P. Walsh, Office of U.S. Atty., Civil Div., Chicago, IL, James G. Touhey, Jr., Lowell Sturgill (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Nearly thirty years ago a United States Air Force airplane carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Greenland. The four plaintiffs in this case were among the servicemen assigned to clean up the wreckage. Two plaintiffs allege they suffer from cancer and two contend they are sterile as a result of radiation exposure during the cleanup effort. The district court dismissed their claims against the United States on the ground that the Federal Tort Claims...

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