Legal Opinion
Johnston v. United States
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided July 18, 1983No. 81-1060, 81-1061, 81-1100 and 81-1101PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KELLY, District Judge.
These lawsuits stem from cancer or leukemia that was contracted by four former employees of Aircraft Instrument and Development, Inc. (AID), a concern whose business is the repair and overhaul of aircraft instruments. Plaintiffs contend that these four cases of cancer were caused by exposure to ionizing radiation that originated in luminous radioactive compounds on the faces of many instruments sent to AID for overhaul; they assert various tort claims against the United States, for whom some of the instruments were made, against eight defendants who…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Barker v. Lull Engineering Co.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. ChallonerSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Kennedy v. City of SawyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1980
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Mary Carley v. Wheeled CoachCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- In Re" Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- Koutsoubos, Spiros, Administrator of the Estate of James Koutsoubos v. Boeing Vertol, Division of the Boeing Company and the Boeing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Edwin Lees Shaw, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary Scott Shaw, Deceased v. Grumman Aerospace CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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