Judge: Sailors' Fukushima Radiation Case Doesn't Belong in US
News Updates from CLG 10 January 2018 http://www.legitgov.org/ All links are here: http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Previous edition: U.S. Military Prepares for Winter War With North Korea, Russia by Buying Thousands of Skis Judge: Sailors' Fukushima Radiation Case Doesn't Belong in US | 05 Jan 2018 | A federal judge on Friday dismissed without prejudice the latest class action filed by hundreds of U.S. sailors exposed to radiation in the Fukushima, Japan, nuclear disaster, finding a San Diego courtroom isn't the right place for the case. U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino issued a 15-page order dismissing the class action against Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TepCo) and General Electric, finding the service members who were stationed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in San Diego have failed to establish how the Japanese utility's acts were directed at California. The judge's order dismisses the most recent cl...