Transpicuous News June 23 2017: US Legal system hits a new level of stupidity

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Post published:June 23, 2017
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This time the US Legal system has hit an all time record of stupidity!! I had to pick my jaw up off of the floor before I could even record this report!!

USS Reagan crew can sue Japanese company over Fukushima nuclear disaster – court

Published time: 23 Jun, 2017 04:26Edited time: 23 Jun, 2017 08:31

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USS Reagan crew can sue Japanese company over Fukushima nuclear disaster – court

A federal appeals court has ruled that members of the US Navy can now, in a US court, pursue their lawsuit which alleges that they were exposed to radiation while providing aid after the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan.

On Thursday, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in favor of the sailors who were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation while providing humanitarian aid after an earthquake destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

The ruling allows sailors, who were aboard the ship at the time, to pursue their lawsuit against the state-owned Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for misrepresented radiation levels in the surrounding air and water. The lawsuit alleges that TEPCO misled them about the extent of the radiation leak. ……