Oregon Radiation Suit Settled for $1.5 Million

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2001 published in Verdict1 December, 2001, page 19

Filed under: Medical, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Settlements. Location: Oregon.

On April 24, 2001, a class action lawsuit by Oregon prisoners who participated in radiation experiments from 1963 to 1973 was settled for $1,517,000 in damages, attorneys' fees, costs and expenses.

Sixty_seven prisoners at the Oregon State Penitentiary participated in experiments in which their testicles were irradiated to determine the ...

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