Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. United States
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided December 7, 1962No. Civ. A. 4214PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff sues the United States of America for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries or disease resulting from his exposure, as a maintenance mechanic of Union Nuclear Carbide Company (hereinafter called Carbide) in the K-25 Area at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to radioactive and toxic substances and materials. Plaintiff went to work for that Company in 1951 and was placed on leave and hospitalized in March, 1961 for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment and in the alternative for dismissal. The grounds are…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Powell v. United States Cartridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- D. M. Rose & Co. v. SnyderTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
- Powell v. Construction Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Lee Quinton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Helen Jenkins Kington, Widow of Joe D. Kington, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Mahoney v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1963
- Kropp v. Douglas Aircraft Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- Norma Mooney v. Stainless, Inc., and Stainless Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
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