Legal Opinion
Jaffee v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 9, 1979No. 78-2041PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*714OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit'Judge.
This appeal presents a perplexing problem spawned by modern nuclear warfare which requires us to examine again the doctrine of sovereign immunity of the United States. The genesis of the litigation is the serious injury allegedly incurred by the male plaintiff from atomic radiation while on active duty in the military service.
In 1953, when Stanley Jaffee (“Jaffee”) was serving in the United States Army, the Government tested a nuclear device at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada. Jaffee avers that he and other soldiers were ordered to stand in an open field…
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