Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Florida Power & Light Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1998No. 97-5195PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Per curiam
Bertram and Hanni Roberts filed this tort action in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida against Florida Power & Light (“FPL”), alleging that Bertram Roberts developed leukemia as a result of exposure to radiation at FPL’s Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. FPL removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and subsequently moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The district court granted that motion. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Over the past 50 years, Congress has established a comprehensive federal framework governing the nuclear power industry,…
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