Heinrich Ex Rel. Heinrich v. Sweet

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

This cause of action arises out of experiments conducted on individuals under the care of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brookhaven National Laboratory in the 1950s and 1960s. 1 The plaintiffs (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) in this action are comprised of two groups: Evelyn Heinrich and Henry Sienkewicz, who are Massachusetts residents suing on behalf of themselves and deceased family members who received treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Rosemary Gualti-eri and Walter Carl…