Toxic Legacy: Workers got sick cleaning up radioactive waste at a former federal nuclear weapons site in Washington, and the state passed a law to make it easier to claim benefits.
Litigating Workers’ Claims: The Department of Energy denies responsibility and has filed more than 500 legal appeals seeking to block state benefits being given to workers and their survivors.
Millions Go to Lawyers: DOE has spent nearly $12 million on outside lawyers and expert testimony to fight state compensation claims...
https://www.propublica.org/article/hanford-nuclear-workers-compensation-washington-doe
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