Carter Roy
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USRC's response is to change the classification to a workman's compensation case, not a full lawsuit against the company.
Radium poisoning isn't even listed as a compensable disease.
The case will automatically fail.
Marguerite dies on December 26th, 1925.
She never sees the inside of courtroom.
Her family eventually settles for $9,000, a fraction of what she asked for, and they have to sign a release protecting USRC from any future claims from their family.
This is what the women are up against.
They have proof.
They have dying bodies.
But they don't have power.
USRC can hire the best lawyers.
They can manipulate the law to their benefit.
The system is built to protect companies, not workers.
And while all of this is happening, the factory is still running.
New girls are still being hired and told to lick their brushes.
USRC knows the legal system will protect them, so they double down.
When sick dial painters seek medical attention,
USRC arranges for them to be examined by a man named Frederick Flynn.
Flynn claims to be a toxicologist from Columbia University, but Flynn has no medical license.
He's not even a doctor.