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Litigation

Jul. 19, 2011

Circuit revives personal injury suit against U.S. Navy

A Marine sergeant's daughter, seriously sickened at age 3 at Camp Pendleton by the poisonous heavy metal thallium, can revive her personal injury lawsuit against the U.S. Navy, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Friday.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Marine sergeant's daughter, seriously sickened at age 3 at Camp Pendleton by the poisonous heavy metal thallium, can revive her personal injury lawsuit against the U.S. Navy, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Friday.


The 2-1 decision concluded that U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez of San Diego delayed and blundered in dismissing the girl's claims on the grounds that the Navy ...

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