WaPo: Court throws out $926 million Rocky Flats award

The $926 million award to thousands of Colorado residents, awarded in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a nuclear weapons plant, was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court.

The three-judge panel also threw out the jury verdict and ruled that homeowners failed to prove damages suffered from plutonium that blew onto their properties from the Rocky Flats facility.

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The $926 million award to thousands of Colorado residents, awarded in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a nuclear weapons plant, was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court.

The three-judge panel also threw out the jury verdict and ruled that homeowners failed to prove damages suffered from plutonium that blew onto their properties from the Rocky Flats facility.

Read More at Washingtonpost.com

Niamh Marnell

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