Re: Re[2]: HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS

[Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 17:22 02.12.1996 -0600, you wrote:

>	In a recent Chicago case, in my neighborhood, (where the "Loop"
> 	elevated runs at ground level,) a local some years ago staggered
>	out if a bar in a very inebriated state, went down what he thought
>	was an alley  to relieve himself, took a wizz on the third
>	rail, and electrocuted himself. His widow sued  and collected
>	1$million from the Chicago Transit Authority, in part because
>	the warning signs were not in the person's native language.
>
>	(Sadly,) in America payments often bear no connection to
>	the amount of real harm incurred, the amount and location of
>	possible blame, etc.
>
>	The amount of payment, IMHO, has nothing to do with the
>	amount of real harm done, and in some cases, merely is a  result
>	of some politican wanting to look good.
>
>Frank R. Borger - Physicist - Center for Radiation Therapy
>net: Frank@rover.uchicago.edu   ph: 312-791-8075 fa: 791-3697
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Frank,

Reading yours and others messages I think that people in radiation
protection are a species, which has by now been very lucky not to be the
target of such lawsuits...... Who knows, what would be the outcome?

Franz
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