Crawford v. National Lead Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 21174
No(s). C-1-85-0149 (S.D. Ohio Feb 13, 1989)

The court holds that the government contractor defense does not immunize the Department of Energy and its contract-operator of a nuclear weapons plant from tort liability, because they violated applicable environmental laws. The court first holds that operating the plant is an abnormally dangerous a...