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Washington Radiation Suit Settled for $2.4 Million
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000
by Hans Sherrer
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2000, page 24
By Hans Sherrer
Filed under:
Medical,
Medical Experiments/Exploitation,
Male Reproductive,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Damages,
Settlements.
Location:
Washington.
On March 14, 2000, a classaction lawsuit by Washington State prisoners who participated in radiation experiments from 1963 to 1971 was settled for $2.4 million.
Sixty-four prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla were involved in radiation experiments conducted on their testicles. The men were …
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