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Courts To
Hear Rash Of Cell Phone Suits
ZDNet UK
Journalist: Graeme Wearden
November 14, 2001
A lawsuit is due to be filed in America on Wednesday alleging that a 34-year old
man's brain cancer was caused by mobile phone use. The case is likely to be
followed by dozens more in coming weeks.Lawyers acting on behalf of Michael
Murray, a former Motorola worker, are seeking both compensation and punitive
damages. The personal injury case will be heard at the District of Columbia
Superior Court, and will seek to prove that mobile phones cause brain tumors--a
claim consistently denied by the mobile industry.
Attorney Mayer Morganroth has confirmed to reporters that this case will be
filed on Wednesday, adding that "others will be filed in the very near
future."
A spokesman for Motorola's offices has said that there is no proof that mobile
phone use causes adverse health effects, and that Motorola only knew that Murray
was pursuing a "worker's compensation claim" against the company.
A flurry of similar cases is expected to hit the U.S. courts in the coming
weeks, according to news Web site RCR Wireless News. Government bodies and
regulators will both be targeted in lawsuits that will claim they have acted
negligently by not promoting devices that could reduce exposure to emissions
from mobile phones.It emerged this summer that mobile phone manufacturers have
registered patents for technology that could reduce the emissions a user was
exposed to. One patent noted concerns that continuous exposure to radio
frequency radiation could lead to "a development of malignant tumors."
The existence of such patents is likely to be used in legal arguments in an
attempt to prove that handset manufacturers were aware of a risk. Motorola has
denied that this interpretation is correct, insisting that such technology was
being developed with a view to improving the efficiency--and thus increasing the
battery life--of a phone by cutting the amount of electro-magnetic radiation it
released when transmitting.
A number of class action lawsuits are already underway in the United States.
Several studies have found no link between mobile use and adverse health effects
such as brain cancer. Others have been unable to rule out such a link. One even
suggested that mobile use could be linked to an increased risk of eye cancer.
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