Pinares et al v. United Technologies Corporation

  1. April 10, 2023

    Aerospace Company Escapes Florida Cancer Cluster Suits

    Ruling a series of cancer claims did not involve a "product," a federal judge in Florida on Monday handed a win to Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division on accusations that the company released radiation into the environment and caused a cancer cluster.

  2. March 03, 2023

    Aerospace Co. Says Fla. Cancer Cluster Suit Is Time-Barred

    A Raytheon Co. subsidiary argued in federal court Friday that several claims bought by Florida residents alleging their cancer was caused by radioactive-contaminated dirt are time-barred under state law because the nature of the suit doesn't relate to products liability, since the company doesn't sell products to the public.

  3. January 06, 2023

    Florida Residents Say Cancer Claims Weren't Too Late

    A group of Florida property owners told a federal trial court on Friday that the statute of limitations on their claims against Pratt & Whitney Group didn't start running when doctors initially found cancer that they only later learned was caused by radiative contamination in their subdivision.

  4. March 25, 2021

    Judge DQs 3 Experts From $1B Radioactive Subdivision Trial

    A federal judge disqualified three key expert witnesses on Thursday from testifying for Florida property owners who say that Pratt & Whitney owes them $1 billion for creating a pollution and cancer cluster that destroyed their property values.