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national Battalion/Page 9 June 1, 1982 igh court again to deal ith Karen Silkwood case ‘Whorehouse’ billboards upset parents in Indiana ioter , United Press International IWASHINGTON — For the ‘a. was £ second time in less than a year, charges; the Supreme Court must deal sacred rlwith the controversial death of vever, R,; niidear plant worker Karen the cha;:©ilkwood and a multimillion dol- tersister.; lai court settlement, se of [If- In a last-ditch appeal, attor- s'dentSoipeys for the Silkwood estate are Bging the justices to reinstate a $10.5 million judgment against her noilBe company they claim inten- ;er ’ hut [fRionally contaminated her with mdous pf plutonium. unlessM Last October, the high court hie is noilrefused without comment to 'ublic astinear the Silkwood estate’s chai se she is lenge to a ruling that barred a Ivil rights suit against Kerr- McGee Nuclear Corp. Silkwood was a laboratory my icoii|analyst and union activist at has reis ffierr-McGee’s plutonium pro- jovernnu fcsing facility in Crescent, valueofi iPlda. She died in a 1974 car acci- relics. lent while en route to discuss jovernma llleged plant safety violations ,ly valusi fith a news reporter and a un- mporans i 011 official. he alsonj | The estate’s lawyers claimed a New Y'lBight to sue the company for to theRj lllegedly participating in a “pri- iington,li late, anti-civil rights conspiracy” vasassmi |g ainst Silkwood. would l] I An autopsy revealed her |ody contained 25 percent to 50 id Guplisi inv knul a percent of the permissible life time plutonium contamination allowed finder federal standards for nuclear industry workers. The case awaiting action at the high court confronts thejus- tices with a broader question, testing whether companies that handle radioactive material can be sued for punitive damages amounting to millions of dollars. In 1979, a federal court jury in Oklahoma City awarded Silk- wood’s estate and children $10 million in punitive — punishing — damages and $500,000 in personal injuries. But the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver overturned that judgment last December, concluding the 1954 Atomic Energy Act prohibits states from authorizing such punitive damage awards. “The nuclear industry was in itially developed by the federal government, is closely linked with national security, and is ex tensively regulated by a federal agency,” the appellate panel noted. “It does not matter whether Kerr-McGee violated regula tions in the conduct of its plant operations. The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) has hat I coil ; more tin cons th hey wants Rybak ise wastb ■ound fib issian art.' j residea Dvernmeti also wouli r did ns ; diarges. I the m d her it| ioning rk to held he Soffit because films ai d as a vi kova sai(l| me. The er if I pot ent. 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