Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Brush Wellman, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided September 4, 2001No. 3:94CV369PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JARVIS, District Judge.
This products liability action was originally brought against the United States and multiple manufacturers/distributors of beryllium, beryllium oxide, and beryllium-containing products by four employees or former employees of government contractors at the Y-12 and K-25 nuclear armament factories in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Plaintiffs claim that they contracted chronic beryllium disease (CBD) from exposure to beryllium dust or fumes while working on beryllium-containing parts of nuclear weapons between 1958 and the early 1990s. It was in the early 1990s…
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