More Than 5,000 Claims In $375 Million Rocky Flats Settlement “Appear To Be Valid”

A $375 million class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of property owners who lived downwind from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant has yielded more than 10,000 claims, and so far about half “appear to be valid,” the attorney overseeing the case said Wednesday. Merrill Davidoff, with the Philadelphia-based law firm Berger & Montague, said he has received 10,036 claims and 5,276 appear to be eligible to receive compensation for loss of property value that resulted from plutonium releases from the plant. But Davidoff said there will likely be more valid claims against the facility’s operators tallied in the coming days. Of the total number of claims his office received, 7,830 have been reviewed, meaning roughly 2,200 submissions haven’t yet been looked at.