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LETTER TO NEIL HOSENBALL, DELBERT SPURLOCK, AND THEODORE GARRISH, SUBJECT: 28 U S C 2401 (b) CLAIMS OF TALMON, MARY SUE, AND TALMON DWAYNE SEXTON ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT )

HREX; CLAIMNANT; CORRESPONDENCE; EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL; FEDERAL TORT CLAIM; IRRADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MEMORANDUM; RADIATION; TREATMENT

Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV

CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS

1983 Jun 10

Never classified

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NV0703550

1994 Aug 27

2012 May 14

FEDERAL TORTS CLAIM FROM ANTHONY ROISMAN, TRIAL LAWYERS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE P.C. TO S HOSENBALL, NASA, DELBERT SPURLOCK JR., ARMY, AND THEODORE GARRISH, DOE. THE TRIAL LAWYERS HEREBY SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF (REDACTED), (REDACTED), AND THE ESTATE OF (REDACTED). DECEDENT (REDACTED) SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA AT THE MEDICAL DIVISION OF OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES IN JULY OF 1964. DENIED INFORMATION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS AND THE HAZARDS OF THE ENSUING TREATMENT, (REDACTED) BECAME AN UNWITTING EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT IN A NEGLIGENTLY SUPERVISED AND OPERATED RADIATION RESEARCH PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AND FUNDED BY THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) AND SUPPORTED WITH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (ARMY), AND POSSIBLY OTHER AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ON DECEMBER 29, 1968, (REDACTED) DIED AT THE FACILITIES OF THE OAK RIDGE MEDICAL DIVISION OF OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF HIS UNWITTING PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES NEGLIGENTLY AND RECKLESSLY FUNDED BY THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, AND POSSIBLY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, CLAIMANT (REDACTED) WAS DENIED NEEDED THERAPY, SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURIES WHICH SHORTENED HIS LIFE, AND NEEDLESSLY WAS SUBJECTED TO THE PAIN AND SUFFERING ATTENDANT WITH THE EXPERIMENTATION. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR SON'S UNWITTING PARTICIPATION IN THESE EXPERIMENTS, CLAIMANTS (REDACTED) AND (REDACTED) HAVE SUFFERED GREAT EMOTIONAL DISTRESS SINCE LEARNING THAT THEIR SON WAS DENIED POTENTIALLY LIFE EXTENDING OR LIFE SAVING THERAPY. COMPANION TO DOCUMENT 0703549.