Cohen v. PRAGMA CORP.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LEON, District Judge.

Lois Cohen, the applicant in this proceeding, was employed by Pragma Corporation to work on a United States Economic Development Project in Almaty, Kazakhstan beginning in November 1997. Upon her return to Washington, D.C., Ms. Cohen was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis as a result of her exposure to a toxic environmental pollutant in Almaty, and she was hospitalized and treated in Washington, D.C. Amended Motion to Enforce (“Am.Mot.Enforee”) at ¶ 6. Ms.. Cohen became disabled for eight months and experienced numerous side effects as a result…