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cancer, trigxnll! I mcl.tnome in thc .rrcr oi thc tight c! ' Hc { '

ofhcer n ()hn. His reclar rs urur tcd in rhe ehic le bchtr t l I r '

lcavesa uifc and thrce aclultchilclren' 'L)aveScaral ioni ,Ss, s i Si . PcrcLsbo'g. i l l ' r r ( l^ 'P() l1cc.

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continued useof triltlic rx(]2r'

''Robcrt Quarles;s 29 rcars old 'rnJrtters ilom r rlrc iot::

nomr ofrhe eIc. I le is aho ! mcmberof thc St Pcrcrsburg ' r l r ; '

mcnt shosc cxnccr Pre.ipitxt.d the disc(nrliu^rlcc r)f rrxfhc I

b\ thc Defartmcnt Qurr les s mirr icd rnd bis nochi l ' l ren t lr ' -

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vcats old rnd hrs I m.rlignxnt nrclxroora th^t oriPnnted on thc'

ind merasrnsi,cd o rht left lLrrg' r Porr()n of\\'lrich \\"r' crcl\!'i

lurg sf,,r $,rs found rnd ;rlL Tnreler is ud'lcrg('ng sPcdi''

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rr ar rraffic.radar b! holding it in his lcfr hand outside the drivels rvindos dircctly

line with his left tricep. He has two sons, agc 2 \'earsxnd 1 mondr. His

gnoss 6 verv Poor."Greg Kocchel is a 2iJ lear-old lndianaStxte Highs'av Parrolmenwith

icularcanccr. As G tvpical of \,irtualh all oftbese policeoficers, he !v,rs

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r heL.S.

ir perfecr hrsicai onditn,n rrh no famil) cincer hisrorv har!)crcr. llc

i.es radiation herapyand x long te.m mcdical ollow-upNith unccrtain

prognosis. Ie has beenadllsed rhat he end hjs vife mar not be able <,

l'\€ childrenbecause fthis illness.

"EdrvardBeneckes a 32-yearoldpoliceofliccr for rhe crrl of Petxlu

oz. California,Rrlic€Department. e s mxrried,no childrcn. le his non-I.lodgkin\ ymphona,oiginerjngin rhegroin, fter I ears fresting he adar

lsr in his apwhennotaimed ttratllc.Hc andhiswife aredespondcntorcr

de reality f their not bejngable (, h2vcchlldren, iren his const2dr hc

o)therap!', adiation,and ire ife expcctancl,.lc isan nrelligenr, rticularc

s+,.mrn. andu.uld mJke n cv el l ( . rr uud",m

vrne*.'inthony Hutson is a retired Petxlumx,California, police ofiicer,

mN age51.He useda hand h€ld radargun,and his vmphoma crcl<ped

E his eg.H€ hasundergonc o cdormous mouor ofchcmothcrep| end

odiat;on reatment,with .t very p€ssimlstjc tognos's.LIis e,ife s agrc2t

!!et () the case, nd would mxke x verl compcllingvirness. hey h.rve

"Dwain Pover djed approrimere\' our weeks go olnon Hodgkin's

hmphoma.He vas 35 )carsold, and dicd onlr n;nemonrhsxfrer hc firsr

Dt'ced a lump in the hmph glandson the eft sideofhis neck.He hrd x

ripresslngly ainfulcourse ftreatment, eterioratronnd,ultimatelr, leath.

He s survlvedby hiswife and rheir vo sons.He had no lamilr hisrcrl of

orcer, end !as a \rry vigorousathlete vho neirhefsmokcdno. drank.

'JamesZum is 2 64 vearolcl retiredpoliceman,and r majff leigue

rseb, l scout.He estjmates vcr4,{)00 oursofradar-gunus2gcn thc asi

*n years. um wlrsdiagnosed ith non-Hodgkjn'symphomrand ermedrkrut the possible onnecriono h is radarusagehtough eriicles n the Sr

ftretsburgTimes. Hc hasbeenmarried o his vif€ tbr 45,vears,nd has

$rcc children.His prognosiss verv poor.

"Edward Certain s a 35 year old former Nhlnut Crceh.Cxliforn'.,

ooliceofEcerwith Hodgkin '.s iseasc, rcscndv n remission.Hc has bad

rdramatic struggle 'ith the cliseeseor morc than sir vcars, ut hasbeen

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s\oPlom ticc t'oi norc rhan a \'car. I lowctcr, thc discasc s charactcrizi

b\ remissions nd exacerbarlons, nd rhe prosnosrs s xl$.rvs poor. Hls :

{ lxr untr Nis mounrc( l1n he,nrer i()r eir pxssenger idewindow, n( l :

dr.t rum(tr$.s i. rhe neck,,. the r ight side.

' ' ( .hr isr i) thcr - indo\r s r pol icc of l icer ( irh i l ,c ()xftrd, ()hio, P

1]ccDcperarcnt, age 31. Hc has tcsticular cancci. Fl)llotring surgcrr,.

redirtton thcrepi, hc hrs hed no lirrthcr slmptoms. Lindos. is cngagcd

br nr1ff ie( j , ,r .( lhis pr(,grosis s relrr irel l gincl.

''lldwxrd Coftonr is .16 errs ol(t. Nnd x Concor.t, Calitbrnia, pol:

(,idcer. fle ,]n(l his $ife hx\ e three chil(lren. Coftom was nfflicted \\

icsnculxr crncer vhrch .ltparentl\ has not metastasized. he , rf{licte<l .

iiclc \r!s rcmokd efter which hc hrd radiatn,n rhcrapr'. lc is onlv onc r,.

post surgcrr. encl so is stlll signlhcantii rt rish. He uscd r liand hcld ra:.

gun rad resftd it in his l2F constinrh.

" l .1nn. ldr" , . F 1 sergei. t \ !1rh he Corcor( l Pol iceDep,rftment :

rvrs diagn,,sctl vuh ccrrical cancc al,our ihrcc r,catsago, after fire |e:

oftntlic rader usegc;slic restcd rhc gun in hct lap s.hcn nor in usc. At r:

pr)int. thrrc ls no NpFxrcnroctesrasls. Shc is norv 34 Icars old."

I agrccct o bcc<nc rnvolrcd in rhc husuits, so thc laslcrs rcricrL.

rlre medicil rccoftls of.tll lrtrcen policemcn to sclect tlic most \rjnn;:

c.s.. 'l he prospect;ve pli;ntifi needed o be tough minded. He Nouli

crrniincd ll nrcdical crpcrts. suL>jcctcdi, hostilc dcposurrns and phr'. -exan,hrtti,ns bi brncrics of dciendants' phi.sicians. nd sould undc:.

brutrl cross craminerion in c()uft. ln r.lditxm k) 2ll rhat, thc c{cr prc.,

nrcclir wrrld dremrtizc thc casc. ncludlng lntnnarc dcrails of his mc<i .

c(,xliti(n. fhe l,r\i ers elimlnrted the policenren vho had dled becausc

Nclsc srkl rhxt l suj( by rh. sur!^ds of^

(leadpolicema. Noukl be u.-

n, ihc dcltndanrs bcc2usc hcrc \r(,uld bc nl, plalnriff to bc cramincc

rhc dcicDdxnri r\pcrrs i,r cn,s\ cxamincd l)! rl,cir la\r!c*. The laq .

Nlv, d(,pped t lom considcratn,nall thc policcmcn u'ho hrd bccn smol.-

bccrusc thc dcfcndants' larvlcrs rvcrc certain to blamc thc canccr or:,

c . ,<,,( . T\<, '1,<,\ <, , . ,1.) . , ' ( ,1 |r . ,1,. , , .(r .min.. i ,n.. .

rcnai ning cl icnrs () asscs. oq ucl i r ircvvrrult l hold up. n the end .

selccted Fldvrrd tlcnccl,c as thcrr rcprcscntatirc clicnt.

Thc pollccmen had uscd radar guns medc br dlfitrent manulactu:-

but Ileneckc hactuscctonh the Zapper raclergun, so rhc cxscvas lx\:--:

ig,r 'nsr nxr co,nPxn\.



s characteo.d

s always oor.HL.*r sjde vindow' arxj i.

e Oxford, Ohio. b-Following surgen id

engaSd

Califohia, polai

m wasafficted s*

The affl ictedE-

FIe s onlyonerEa handhetd |i

Departmenr:d

ago,after five it

notrn use_ r !b

rhe lawy€rsre(iedi

ct the mosrvinrEb

He wouh b

and phisland vould und.?D,

he everprE tderails fhis med-d

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lers. The laE-tE

beensmor{,

e he ca.ceror ri

of dEn the end. u

manufactur+

thecasewasbroqh

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lnitial\'the plaintiff'.savvets vere appvwnh he udge ccauseewas

wn asan activist,andbe had b()rherwho wasaPoliccof6cer''\s rhe

e ha,J rogressed,orvever, is prcrria) ulingsdidn't consistent\'avrt

j sjde }r the other,so both sides ecamemore uncenainofthich rvay

te leaned.One ofhis lastrulingsbcfore he rial dealtwith ZapPer'smo-

ion to dismiss hc caseor the rcason hat he scientillc estimon!$ould

:e too complex or :r1a,vurv,and hcrefore hat anvverdict n which the

companl ere held irble wouldbe arbitrarvand caPricious he udge e

pt,e.t, Thafs nor the wavour legxlsvstem lirks The iur) vill dccideal l

:rctualissues,egardlessf th e evelof educatjon f eacburcr'The peopLc

aust bc heardon this issue."

ln a pre trial memorandumZaPPer laimed he freedom o do any

dring hats,asnt llegal,Nhich manufacturingadatgunsvasnt. On thc

contnrv,Zappcrsxid, most radargunsar€m'nuf2cturedundercontracl

:n strteot fedcmlgovernmenrs f thereverc somethinghirmful about

ndar, the golcrnment hxd a responsibilitr o sayso and to promulgate

L\Lsancl ulcsaccordinglv.he government asnot doneso' ftom \rhich

r loliows hatradatgunsaresafc

After Beneckc ad ,cenchosen s he Plaintifl I hadoo ditlicultl in

rnking his cancct o exPosurco microwavcENfFs tom I ZaPpergun'

.n,l I agtced o describeo the iury mv methodof analvsis nd the dara

,x which hadrelied n reaching hatconclusion rh Plans asb explern1at animalstu.lies howedhatENffs couldbe carcinogensBeneckc ad

:ot bcenexposedo othetknowncarcinogeos,nd hc e\el ofENtFs that

Le haclexperienccdrom the ZaPPer un u?s far greater han the LN'lf

br-cls xperiencedv pcoplewho didnt derrelopancer'For thesc ea$ns

r $as probablv rue rhathe got cancer rom the tadar' I vrot€ out ques-

rns firr Bencckethvlers thrt would'licit

the responseshich woultl

!m to this rarionale

tmmediar€hafret took thewitness tandbut before s2ida v()rci ')

:re jury,a arvverorZapperaskedor and eccived ermissionoapproach

ie bar.A discussion nsued etveen he iudgeand theav'versor both

::des, ndwhen hel teturned o their seatshe udgeordered he urv te-

-o!edfrom rhecourtroom Zappert lawrer henread rom asummarv f

-!testimonv,h ich therutesof cvklence ad equi ed hat providc Thc

:3rt he rerd\!xs, "On thc basis fanimal studies $'ill testifl thai electro

-trgneticheldsateP()bxblvcapablc fcausingcancern peoPlc"

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