Dismissal Motions By 2 Defendants In Japan Nuclear Reaction Radiation Case Granted

Mealey's (March 6, 2019, 1:21 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on March 4 granted dismissal motions by two defendants in a complaint alleging individual and class claims for injuries on behalf of U.S. Navy personnel due to the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) in Japan, finding that Japanese law precludes liability against the designer of the reactors and that claims against the plant’s owner and operator belong in a Japanese forum (Lindsay R. Cooper, et al. v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., et al., No. 12-3032, S.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34154)....