3 years ago
The Supreme Court has decided not to revive lawsuits by former employees of Washington mail center who were exposed to anthrax. The former employees had said that workers at the Brentwood postal center were deliberately kept on the job even though officials knew that workers had been exposed to anthrax in letters that were sent to Capitol Hill. Dena Briscoe of Clinton, Maryland, was the lead plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit brought against the U.S. Postal Service. Briscoe says the court's decision not to hear the case means "no one's being held accountable." Briscoe now works at the Southern Maryland sorting facility. She says she still suffers from fatigue, chills and other symptoms she attributes to anthrax exposure. Leroy Richmond, of Stafford, Virginia, had filed a separate lawsuit and was seeking $50 million dollars in damages. Brentwood had to be closed for 26 months while the building was decontaminated.
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