Kuhne v. United States

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff was an electrical engineer who became incapacitated in May, 1965 after several years of accelerating tiredness, exhaustion, slowness of gait, collapses, etc. Subsequently, his eyesight failed and he developed cataracts. His condition was subsequently diagnosed as myelofibrosis-myeloid metaplasia.

Plaintiff worked in Oak Ridge during the years 1943-1945 for the Tennessee Eastman Company and terminated his employment there shortly after the War. During this period in Oak Ridge, plaintiff alleged that he was repeatedly exposed to radiation, but that he…