Anthrax-Widow files Lawsuit against U.S. Government

After JetBlue/Homeland Security and 9/11 Widow Ellen Mariani, the U.S. is facing another third lawsuit this week

Anthrax Widow Sues Feds

Newsday -September 25

The widow of a photo editor killed in the nation's first anthrax attack in 2001 sued the federal government yesterday, alleging that lax security at an Army lab caused his death.

Maureen Stevens is seeking more than $50 million in what is believed to be the first lawsuit to attempt to hold the government accountable for producing and mishandling the deadly strain.

Robert Stevens, an editor for The Sun tabloid, is believed to have contracted the disease from a tainted letter sent to the Boca Raton, Fla., headquarters of American Media Inc.

The Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md., is the primary custodian of the strain of anthrax found in envelopes sent to the victims.

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