Sailors Can Sue Tepco in U.S. Over Radiation, Judge Says
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U.S. Navy personnel who were exposed to radiation from Japan’s wrecked Fukushima plant during earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in 2011 can sue the power station’s operator in California, a court ruled.
U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino in San Diego denied the request by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to dismiss the class-action lawsuit based on jurisdictional issues and have it heard in Japan instead.