Cell Phone Programmer Wins Cancer Case

In a case that might be the first of its kind, a former cell phone programmer persuaded a Florida judge that her brain tumor was caused by radiation from mobile communications. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Sunday on the workers' compensation claim filed by Sharesa Price, who developed an operable brain tumor in 1999. Price became convinced that exposure to radio-frequency radiation on the job was the cause of her tumor. She filed a workers' compensation claim and in May an administrative law judge awarded her $30,000 for medical and other expenses. Price is believed to one of ...