Legal Opinion
Barrett v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 10, 1986No. 76 Civ. 381 (CBM)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, Senior District Judge.
This lawsuit arises out of the tragic death of Harold Blauer which occurred on January 8, 1953 as a result of his injection with an experimental drug, EA-1298, a mescaline derivative, while he was a patient at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, a state mental facility. The drug had been supplied to the Psychiatric Institute pursuant to a contract between the Institute and the United States Army Chemical Corp, which was interested in possible chemical warfare applications of the substance. Not suspecting any such extraordinary backdrop to Harold…
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