Plaintiffs reap value of infamy; judgments are being paid with sales of O.J.'s things, Dahmer's fridge

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The trend to limit the profit of criminals from their acts or at least to provide remedies for victims started with the Son of Sam laws, enacted to provide victim restitution in New York in 1977. Some 40 states adopted versions of the law, but First Amendment advocates were always critical and in 1991, the US Supreme Court threw it out for impermissibly targeting the content of speech. A rewritten version was enacted in New York three years later. The post-1991 case law suggests Son of Sam laws are more effective at stating social policy than they are as recovery mechanisms.

Laws, regulations and rules, Remedies, Influence, Victims of crimes, Crime victims, Damages, Damages (Law), Son of Sam laws

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Plaintiff: nuclear fuel 'fleas' caused cancer; a plant worker tries to refute owner's assertion that his exposure was within bounds

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Glen James hopes to win the first verdict ever awarded to a nuclear power plant employee claiming to have gotten cancer from that work. James, who was an electrical engineer, says standard monitoring understated his true exposure because it missed 'fuel fleas,' tiny bits of microscopic radioactive material caused by defective fuel rods, which cling to many surfaces because they are electrically charged. James has developed chronic myelogenous leukemia. A jury deadlocked close to an award for another plaintiff. The legal teams' tactics are discussed.

Health Care and Social Assistance, Nuclear Electric Power, Nuclear Electric Power Generation, Electric services, HEALTH SERVICES, Employee Health & Safety, Cases, Occupational safety and health, Nuclear energy, Occupational diseases, Nuclear power plants, Southern California Edison Co., Leukemia, Radiation-induced, Radiation induced leukemia

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