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• Hanford offers sent to hundreds

  April 1, 2012 in City on Page B1 A law firm representing several nuclear contractors has sent confidential settlement offers to hundreds of plaintiffs exposed to radiation from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation during World War II and the …

• Groups: Hanford study underpredicted levels

  October 9, 2011 in City on Page B1 A $27 million government study to estimate radiation doses received by the public from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation’s weapons factories is being called into question by other scientific organizations and … 4

• DOE offers to settle claims

  July 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 The U.S. Department of Energy has tentatively agreed to settle the claims of 139 people with thyroid disease – the largest settlement so far in a massive civil suit brought …

• U.S. settles with some Hanford downwinders

  July 14, 2011 in City The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to settle the claims of 139 people with thyroid disease — the largest settlement so far in a massive civil suit brought by … 3

• Hanford downwinder succumbs to illness

  February 12, 2011 in News, City, Region Deborah Clark, who was among those suing Hanford contractors over her thyroid cancer, has died.

• Plaintiffs’ lawyers decry Hanford payment offers

  February 10, 2011 in City on Page A10 Sparks flew in U.S. District Court in Spokane Wednesday over settlement offers to 234 people with thyroid cancer who were exposed to radiation from Hanford in the early rush to … 2

• Hanford radiation plaintiff near death

  February 5, 2011 in City on Page A1 A woman suing Hanford contractors over her thyroid cancer, whose request for an expedited federal trial was denied last year by a Spokane judge, lies near death in a Longview, … 12

• Hanford downwinder Clark moved to hospice care

  February 4, 2011 in News, City A woman suing Hanford contractors over her thyroid cancer, whose request for an expedited federal trial was denied last year by a Spokane judge, lies near death in a Longview, … 4

• Deputies say deaths may be suicides

  December 15, 2010 in City on Page A6 The Chattaroy couple found dead in a trailer home Friday tried to commit suicide in mid-October by overdosing on medication, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan said. The … 1

• Hastened downwinder trial denied

  March 18, 2010 in City on Page A5 A judge today denied a sick woman’s motion for an expedited trial in the long-running Hanford “downwinders” lawsuits. U.S. District Court Judge William F. Nielsen said he sympathized with plaintiff … 1

• Judge denies sick woman’s motion for speedy trial

  March 17, 2010 in City A judge today denied a sick woman’s motion for an expedited trial in the long-running Hanford “downwinders” lawsuits. 6

• Sick downwinder seeks trial

  March 14, 2010 in City on Page B1 With the fingers of her right hand, Deborah Clark presses firmly on a gaping surgical hole in her neck. It’s the only way she can speak. The words that emerge … 1

• More Hanford downwinder claims going to trial

  January 21, 2010 in City More Hanford downwinders could be going to trial to have their claims heard in a 19-year-old case.

• Hanford contractors ready to settle

    April 22, 2009 in City on Page A5 For the first time in the protracted Hanford downwinders lawsuit, the lead lawyer for government contractors said Tuesday his companies are ready to offer cash settlements to a few of … 1

• Settlements being readied for some downwinders

  April 21, 2009 in Region For the first time in the protracted Hanford downwinders lawsuit, the lead lawyer for government contractors said Tuesday his companies are ready to offer cash settlements to a few of … 2

• Ruling may clear way for Hanford payout

    December 16, 2008 in City on Page A1 The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractors in the massive downwinders lawsuit, raising hopes for a legal settlement for as many as 2,000 radiation-exposed …

• Ruling backs downwinders

  April 5, 2008 in City, Region on Page A1 A major ruling Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals clears the way for 1,000 to 2,000 Hanford “downwinders” to sue Hanford contractors for radiation damages.

• New downwinder trials ordered

  August 15, 2007 in City, Region Three of six “bellwether” plaintiffs in a massive lawsuit over the health impact of radioactive emissions from Hanford during nuclear weapons production will get new trials and a fourth will …

• Verdict may help downwinders

  February 16, 2006 in City on Page B6 The half-billion dollar Valentine’s Day federal jury verdict in the Rocky Flats nuclear contamination case puts more pressure on the government to settle its remaining cases, including the big Hanford …

• Jury rejects Rhodes’ lawsuit

  November 24, 2005 in City on Page B1 A federal jury on Wednesday rejected the claims of Shannon Rhodes, a Coeur d’Alene woman who said she was exposed as a child on the Palouse to clouds of radiation …

• Hanford witness faced lawsuit

  November 19, 2005 in City on Page B2 A doctor testifying for Hanford contractors that people exposed to low doses of radiation from the nuclear facility are unlikely to get thyroid cancer was sued for unethical conduct in …

• Hanford workers’ comp claims will get federal review

  November 18, 2005 in City on Page B3 YAKIMA – A federal institute has agreed to review workers’ compensation benefits available to former weapons workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., requested the review …

• Downwinder has burden of proof, defense lawyer says

  November 9, 2005 in City on Page B2 Shannon Rhodes of Coeur d’Alene has a rare form of thyroid cancer that was not caused by radioactive contamination from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the 1940s, a lawyer for …

• Downwinder expected to die within 2 years

  November 8, 2005 in City on Page B3 The federal jury empaneled Monday in a retrial for Hanford downwinder Shannon Rhodes was told her aggressive thyroid cancer cannot be stopped and she is expected to die within two …

• Stakes are high as downwinder’s trial gets started

  November 7, 2005 in City on Page A1 Shannon Rhodes of Coeur d’Alene, a farm child from Colfax, Wash., who was exposed to dangerous airborne radiation from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the 1940s and later developed thyroid …

• Hanford verdict upsets lead juror

  May 30, 2005 in City on Page A6 Justice was not served in the recent Hanford downwinders’ trial when the jury deadlocked over a Coeur d’Alene woman whose thyroid cancer returned aggressively during the trial without the jury’s …

• Hanford illness claims split jury

  May 20, 2005 in City on Page A1 Six Inland Northwest residents received a split decision Thursday in the long-running legal battle over the health effects of the federal government’s nuclear weapons program. But it’s uncertain how that …

• Hanford downwinder case goes to jury

  May 14, 2005 in City on Page B6 After nearly two days of arguments by attorneys on whether doctors or scientists are more believable, the case of six Washington residents who say they were injured by radiation from …

• Hanford companies deny radiation impact

  May 13, 2005 in City on Page B1 Companies that ran the nuclear weapons production at Hanford are trying to deny their radiation made people sick much the way the tobacco industry denied smoking caused lung cancer, attorneys …

• ”Downwinders” get day in court

  April 26, 2005 in City on Page B1 After 15 years of waiting for their day in court, six “downwinders” who claim their health was ruined by invisible radiation clouds from Hanford’s plutonium plants met the jury that …

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