Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit October 19, 1993, Nos. 92-15914, 92-16602 (Figueroa v. United States)

lead-opinion

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

In May of 1987, an electrical transformer ruptured at the Piti Power Plant on the United States Naval Base in Guam, releasing a variety of toxic chemicals. Subsequently, 251 federal employees who were at the plant at the time of the accident filed suit against the United States and twelve individuals who supervised the toxic spill clean-up.