http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000803/hl/phone.html
> Thursday August 3 5:40 PM ET
> Motorola, Others, Sued, Cell Phone/Cancer Link Claimed
>
> BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Maryland neurologist filed an $800
> million lawsuit against the world's No. 2 cellular phone maker
> Motorola Inc. as well as eight other telecommunications companies
> and organizations, claiming that his use of cell phones caused a
> malignant brain tumor.
>
> Dr. Christopher Newman, 41, said in the lawsuit filed on Tuesday
> in Baltimore City Circuit Court that his years of using wireless
> handheld telephones led to his brain cancer.
>
> Newman named Verizon Communications , Bell Atlantic Corp., Bell
> Atlantic Mobile Inc., Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems Inc.,
> Washington/Baltimore Cellular Ltd., SBC Communications Inc, the
> Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association, and the
> Telecommunication Industry Association in the lawsuit.
>
> Newman claimed compensatory damages in excess of $100 million and
> punitive damages in excess of $700 million.
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