Legal Opinion
Whiting v. Boston Edison Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 17, 1995No. Civ. A. 88-2125-RGSPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION IN LIMINE
STEARNS, District Judge.
This case arises out of the death of Gary Whiting from acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Whiting was employed as a manual laborer at the defendant Boston Edison Company’s Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) in Plymouth, Massachusetts, between 1977 and 1980. He died on December 2, 1983. Gary Whiting was 31 years old when he died. Judith Whiting, the adminis-tratrix of his estate, alleges that exposure to radiation at Pilgrim caused Gary Whiting’s ALL. She alleges negligence on Boston Edison’s part, and…
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