Legal Opinion
Mary E. Hammond, Individually and Mary E. Hammond as She is the of the Estate of Charles E. Hammond v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 12, 1986No. 85-1339PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This is a constitutional challenge to the retroactive application of a federal statute, 42 U.S.C. § 2212, that substitutes the United States as defendant in all suits against private contractors to the government for radiation injuries arising from any of the United States atomic weapons testing programs, and makes the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80, the sole remedy for those injuries.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Mary Hammond, individually and as executrix of the estate of her deceased husband Charles Hammond, formerly a civilian employee of the…
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