Legal Opinion
Ellis Gaspard and Opal Gaspard v. United States of America, Dennis Ronald Sheehan and Nellie Katherine Sheehan, Husband and Wife v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1983No. 82-3428, 82-4204PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Donald Sheehan and Ellis Gaspard were servicemen who, under military orders, took part in atmospheric atomic weapons tests during the early 1950’s at Desert Rock Flat, Nevada. Both have developed serious personal disabilities that they allege are a result of hazardous radiation exposure from these tests. 1 Sheehan filed this suit in Federal District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and Gaspard in the Eastern District of Louisiana. 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). Both veterans sought relief under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671…
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