The US Supreme Court rang eight bells on March 29, rejecting the petition by US Navy sailors to review last year’s Ninth Circuit decision upholding dismissal of their lawsuit in Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings...more
4/6/2021
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General Electric ,
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Infrastructure ,
Japan ,
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Nuclear Power ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Power Plants ,
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U.S. Navy ,
Workplace Injury ,
Wrongful Death
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 22 issued an order upholding a trial court’s dismissal of the long-running Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. lawsuit. ...more
6/1/2020
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Comity ,
Damages ,
Humanitarian Assistance ,
Japan ,
Liability ,
Natural Disasters ,
Nuclear Power ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Power Plants ,
Preemption ,
U.S. Navy