by Jeffrey
Silva, Aug. 20, 2003
WASHINGTON—The 4th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals will hear oral argument in a Maryland man’s
$800 million brain-cancer suit against Motorola Inc. and
others Sept. 26 in Williamsburg, Va.
The appeals court also has before it five class-action suits
against the mobile-phone industry that claim wireless operators
should have supplied consumers with headsets to reduce any
risks of radiation injury from handsets. The opening brief
in the legal challenge was filed earlier this month.
The brain cancer and headset lawsuits were previously tossed
out by U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore.
Blake has yet to rule on nine other brain cancer suits against
the wireless industry pending before her. The plaintiffs
have petitioned Blake to send the cases back to state court.
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