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Five lawsuits alleging Nokia failed to warn that cell phones emit "unsafe" radiation were kicked back to state courts, following a federal appeals court decision this week.

The U.S. Appeals Court for the Fourth District returned the cases to state courts because they lacked federal issues. The ruling did not reach a conclusion on the merits of the cases or whether cell phones are a health hazard.

The five lawsuits allege that mobile phones emit unsafe levels of radio frequency radiation and that Nokia has put the public at risk by marketing the devices without headsets.

Although the cases were filed in state courts in Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania, they were consolidated and filed with a federal district court in Maryland. That court dismissed all five cases on the grounds that their state law claims were preempted by the Federal Communications Act.

The plaintiffs appealed the district court's decision and asked that their respective cases be returned to the state courts, where they will now be heard.

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This is a clear proof....
by Earl Benser March 18, 2005 8:50 AM PST
... that there are for more lawyers than anyone needs. Stupid BS <br />suits like this one, totaly without technical merit, and <br />damn little legal merit are an absolute waste of court time. The <br />plaintiffs should be billed for expenses to date and tossed out. <br />The lawyers should be disbarred for, if nothing else, a lack of <br />intelligence.
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Do you work for Nokia?
by March 18, 2005 9:44 AM PST
Just wondering what your basing your comments on sir? The effects of cellular phone RF after a long term have not been dismissed as of yet. Plenty of studies have been done on the emmissions of cellular phones and every one of them says the same, prolonged exposure may be hazardous in close proximity to the head. Nokia cell phones were some of the first on the scene, and I don't remember one warning from nokia when I bought my phone from them. <br /><br />Just my opinion but your claims bad mouthing lawyers and their clients for excersising their rights to file lawsuits is without merit, not the suits. This is America, those are the laws. If you don't like it... well you have other options.
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by March 20, 2005 9:29 PM PST
You my friend are retarded
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