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Title:
MEMORANDUM TO BILL SNYDER, SUBJECT: FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS OF MARY SUE TALMON, ET AL ( PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENTS )
Author(s):
DISTEFANO, J [UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY]
Subject Terms:
HREX; FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS; MEMO; PRESS COVERAGE
Document Location:
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
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1983 Jul 19
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0703573
Originating Research Org.:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
MEMORANDUM FROM JOSEPH DISTEFANO, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL FOR GENERAL LITIGATION, TO BILL SNYDER, CHIEF COUNSEL, ORO. MR. DISTEFANO RECEIVED LETTER STYLED AS A FEDERAL TORT CLAIM FROM THE TRIAL LAWYERS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE, P. C. IT ALLEGES THAT AEC, NASA, ARMY, AND OTHERS NEGLIGENTLY AND RECKLESSLY FINANCED HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION ON A LEUKEMIA PATIENT WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH. THE CLAIMANTS SEEK TEN MILLION IN DAMAGES.