title: Radiation litigation in retrospect.
abstract: Most of the radiation litigation filed against the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act has been defended by asserting federal sovereign immunity or by proving that the plaintiff's injury is unrelated to his radiation exposure. This paper reports that the second defense is best advanced by comprehensive pretrial investigation of the plaintiff's claim, which frequently results in voluntary dismissal of the legal action.
authors.affiliation: Torts Branch, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D014481:United States