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Nuclear accident?
Jury to decide if womans contamination self-inflicted
United Press International
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal
judge told jurors Tuesday they must
find Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp. li
able for damages if Karen Silkwood
was injured by plutonium because of
the corporation’s nuclear plant oper
ation and the escape of the substance
from the facility.
U.S. District Judge Frank Theis
said in his final instructions, how
ever, that if the jury decides Ms.
Silkwood caused her own contamina
tion, the verdict must be in favor of
Kerr-McGee.
The one hour and 45-minute jury
instruction concluded in-courtroom
activity in the 11-week-old trial of a
multi-million dollar lawsuit Ms.
Silkwood’s survivors filed against
Kerr-McGee.
Theis completed his instructions
and sequestered the jury at 11:45
a.m. CDT.
The suit alleges the contamination
of Ms. Silkwood and her apartment
resulted from negligence by Kerr-
McGee, owner of a nuclear fuel pro
cessing plant where she worked
north of Oklahoma City.
Ms. Silkwood died in an au
tomobile accident Nov. 13, 1974, a
week after her contamination. Wit
nesses said she was on her way to
deliver evidence of Kerr-McGee’s al
leged negligence to a New York
Times reporter the night she died.
Kerr-McGee, a multi-billion dol
lar energy corporation, contends
Ms. Silkwood removed plutonium
from the plant to embarrass the
company during union negotiations.
Theis instructed the jury on the
legal theory of strict liability, which
applies to any party involved in an
“abnormally dangerous” activity.
“Therefore, if you find that the
damage to the person or property of
Karen Silkwood resulted from the
operation of this plant — if that dam-
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age was caused by the escape of
plutonium from that plant — then
defendant Kerr-McGee Nuclear
Corp. is liable,” Theis said.
The judge said both parties agreed
“that plutonium escaped from the
custody of the Kerr-McGee Nuclear
Corporation’s facility.”
“You are further instructed that a
verdict for both defendants must re
sult if Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp.
has proved by a preponderance of
the evidence that Silkwood inten
tionally removed plutonium from
the facility, and as a result, negli
gently or intentionally contaminated
herself. ”
The Silkwood family is seeking
$1.5 million in actual damages for
alleged pain and suffering, injuries
and property Kerr-McGee confis
cated from Ms. Silkwood’s apart
ment, and $70 million in punitive
damages for Kerr-McGee’s alleged
negligence.
The suit originafiy sought $10 mil
lion punitive damages, but Silkwood
attorneys asked during the trial that
the amount be raised. Theis did not
rule on the motion to increase dam
ages, but informed the jury of it. He
said the jury was not limited by the
damage request.
Theis told the jurors they may
consider whether Kerr-McGee sub
stantially complied with government
standards set forth by the Atomic
Energy Commission, now known as
the Nuclear Regulatory Commis
sion.
“Failure to comply with these
standards may be considered by you
as negligence,” and may be consid
ered in a punitive damage assess
ment, he said.
“Compliance with such si
does not necessarily mean I
cannot occur for which liabuv
be imposed,” Theis said. 9-
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Gas crunch
United Preis International
WASHINGTON — President Carter Tuesday was steppingupii Mitchell’s
already launched campaigns, to build support for the excess profitsj Plains hon
on oil companies and for Senate ratification of the SALT 11 f| blind and
limitation agreement. Ejpme to ra
He scheduled an appearance at a White House meeting of comtj in^ the ea:
nity and civic leaders to discuss the windfall profits tax, andwilllu , ‘The re
the first of a series of dinner briefings for senators who will be k; Was the ler
this summer on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Mitchell
Public opinion polls continue to show the people support SAlIj needed to
by two to one, but there still is considerable doubt about wk^ possession
Carter can muster the necessary two-thirds majority needed fbr§.;, Jerry M
nate ratification. Blling II
An indefatigable fisherman. Carter ignored a steady drijfiighway F
Monday to troll for bluefish for more than five hours in the chc^ Howell C<
waters of the Atlantic off the Virginia coast. When he returned toi border, in
White House the news media was uncharacteristically barred b *nother ch
watching his arrival by helicopter. marijuana.
Although deputy press secretary Rex Granum insisted the unn; |Judge V
decision to keep reporters away was "capricious and abritrary,” soflm to 12
reporters concluded first lady Rosalynn Carter apparently object: with the 1
being photographed after spending hours in the wind and rain ganizatioi
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Brown to question Carter
United Press International
SACRAMENTO — With the gas
shortage no better, and perhaps
worse, in Southern California, Gov.
Edmund G. Brown Jr., prepared
Tuesday to order some gas stations
to remain open weekends, and then
to fly to Washington to ask Presi
dent Carter why California alone
has such a serious problem.
State officials backed away from
earlier comments that the govern
ment would call out the National
Guard to enforce the weekend
opening order if needed, and said
the state would dip into emergency
gasoline supplies.
California and federal officials
stepped up legal moves to head off a
service-station shutdown threaten
ed for Thursday through Sunday by
dealers protesting federal profit
controls.
Other states reported a tightening
gasoline supply, but none had situa
tions comparable to California —
especially car-dependent Southern
California — where most stations
remained closed or opened for only
a few hours a day, drawing long
lines.
Brown planned to sign more
emergency regulations in Los
Angeles Tuesday and then fly to
Washington to see Carter Wednes
day morning. Brown said the presi
dent had promised to tell why
California drivers were suffering
more than those elsewhere.
“The people of California feel
their backs are to the wall,” Brown
said. “As their representative, I’m
going to go back and talk to the pres
ident and communicate very di
rectly the seriousness of the prob
lem.”
The new Brown order extends the
state’s odd-even gas sales rationing
plan from vehicles to the gas stations
themselves — requiring those with
'business licenses ending in an even
digit to remain open Saturdays, and
those with odd numbers to open
Sundays.
“The odd-even allocation plan
depends on the availability of
gasoline on a 7-day basis,” Brown
said Monday, after a weekend in
which more than 92 percent of Los
Angeles area gas stations were
closed, causing huge lines at pumps
Friday and Monday.
Similar lines were expected today
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since odd-numbered vehidm _
been unable to get fuel suiL f j
Friday. Will
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cut the 20-gallon purchase hi T
10 gallons on weekends siaTTT ^
days.
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finers, who met Monday A MIAMI
chairman of the state Enerrl** with you
mission Richard Maullin, wifilf er ing a
tie opposition to the prcil 35 ’* word
emergency regulations. Til v ' < ^ ,()ta P ec f
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Youth reneges on Califano ojP®^
Capitol trip goes up in smoke
United Press International
HOUSTON — A teenager prom
ised a trip to Washington by Health,
Education and Welfare Secretary
Joseph Califano if she quit smoking
for six months has decided she’d
rather smoke than travel.
“I could have quit for good, but I
didn’t want to,” Shawn Galloway
said. “It’s something to do with my
hands. Anyway, I didn’t care about
that trip to begin with.
Shawn, 16, conceded, “I know it’s
gonna hurt me, but then you only
live once. You might as well live it
good. Cigarettes keep me company
when I’m bored. There’s nothii
else better to do.”
Califano, an ex-smoker, offered
lere s nothing
the videot;
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as a partin;
At first she refused, kfalways wan
hours later she decided to pjson, who
try, complaining she was house vide
cally forced into quitting”“Just th
who wanted to accompan; would give
Washington. his free-sp<
Shawn, who said she pn to explain
her habit again slowly bun said,
back up to a pack a day, Still, he
effort to quit benefited her by a client
“It’s a good idea to quii%ritten will
once in a while,” she said, able if a co
me down. In fact, I’m fixing “It wou
again.” basis of gen
Califano was unavailaffo^d^tion
comment on Shawn s folu^fheen foolei
but a spokesman, John Pii®ryou can d
he was disappointed butl_ eer ”
Shawn the trip during a tour of prised in view of rec 60 * M e y erso
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