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Subject: Karen Silkwood
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Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 12:05:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 11 12:05:20 1984
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Fyi, if you didn't hear it on the news this morning...

The Supreme Court today overruled the Oklahoma State Court decision in a
suit by Karen Silkwood's father and children against Kerr-Magee (sp?)
owners of the Plutonium plant where she worked prior to her accidental
(?) death in 1974 at the age of 28.  The award was based on the
contamination she received while working there as a technician.  The
vote was 5 to 4 to award the children $10M.  (For some technical reason
this reverts back to the state court, so the actual amount may end up
being less.)  However, the Supreme Court declared that Kerr-Magee had
acted "wantonly and recklessly" in this matter.

A nice footnote to last night's movie Silkwood.  For those of you who
haven't seen it yet, do.  I found it a thoughly believable and creepy
movie.

Meg