Courthouse News Service | If Successful, Fukushima Class Actions Could Wipe Out GE

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March 12, 2014 General Electric faces two multibillion-dollar class actions from people hurt by the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its aftermath, who say GE and GE-Hitachi failed to properly design and maintain the power plant. One 2-page summons and notice in New York County Supreme Court demands compensatory damages of at least $3 million per plaintiff, but does not estimate the size of the class. No one died in the radiation leak set off by a tsunami, but more than 100,000 people were evacua
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Courthouse News Service | If Successful, Fukushima Class Actions Could Wipe Out GE
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March 12, 2014 General Electric faces two multibillion-dollar class actions from people hurt by the Fukushima nuclear disaster and its aftermath, who say GE and GE-Hitachi failed to properly design and maintain the power plant. One 2-page summons and notice in New York County Supreme Court demands compensatory damages of at least $3 million per plaintiff, but does not estimate the size of the class. No one died in the radiation leak set off by a tsunami, but more than 100,000 people were evacua
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