Re: dioxin lawsuit in Japan

[Neil Tangri <ntangri@essential.org>]

Hi folks,

Here is a request from an ally of ours in Japan who is representing victims
of acute dioxin poisoning from an incinerator. Can anyone help him with
precedents from either the US or other countries? Better yet, do any of you
know lawyers who have worked with "enhanced risk claims" that you could
refer me to?

You can reply to both of us directly.

Thanks much,

Neil



>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:20:10 +0900
>From: 	<n-ikd@yodoyabashi-sogo.gr.jp>
>Organization: Yodoyabashi  sogo  Law  Offices
>To: ntangri@essential.org
>Subject: Re: dioxin lawsuit in Japan
>
>Hi, Neil, I am Naoki in Osaka,
>I am representing those dioxin victims in Nose Township and is planning
>to sue the Japanese government and other defendants by the end of this
>year.
>However, we have many problems including scientific ones and legal
>issues.
>Especially, I need information about on "enhanced risk claims." Those
>victims have an "enhance risk of cancer and other diseases" but do not
>yet suffer those symptoms. (One client has a cancer and we will face a
>causation issue.) I found a relatively old precedence in my tort text
>book, Mauro v. Raymark Industries (Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1989)
>but do not know any development thereafter. Would you please give me the
>current information on this issues or introduce appropriate lawyers who
>handle those issues?
>Thank you for your help.
>Naoki Ikeda
>