California Supreme Court's Toxic Conflict of Interest

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The Death of a Worker's Suit Claiming Damage from Chemical Solvents

The California Supreme Court won't hear the case of a man who believes his

diseases were caused by chemicals in the workplace, because four of seven

justices own stock in companies implicated in Braxton Berkley's lawsuit, the

Associated Press reported.

Rarely is the influence of money on the judicial branch so obvious. Berkley

worked for Lockheed , but also named ExxonMobil Corp. and Unocal Corp.

(now owned by Chevron) in the lawsuit. According to the AP, four of the justices

owned stock in one or more of those companies.

Berkley claimed, according to the AP, that the chemical solvents he and

hundreds of other workers used to build top-secret Cold War machines harmed

their health. The case had been dismissed in a lower state court. Now his case

is dead. There is no higher court to which he can appeal.

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