article_snippet.sent: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. government by many of the same plaintiffs in the current Hopkins lawsuit back in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: And while the case was dismissed on a legal technicality, Judge Reggie B. Walton, who rendered the decision, urged the same plaintiffs in the current Hopkins lawsuit to appeal for the compensation the same plaintiffs in the current Hopkins lawsuit deserve.
article_snippet.sent: the U.S. government cannot be held responsible in a court of law for any action committed in another country. '
article_snippet.sent: This lawsuit, however, is an attempt by plaintiffs' counsel to exploit a historic tragedy for monetary gain.'
article_snippet.sent: One of the attorneys for Johns Hopkins meanwhile calls this suit 'baseless.'
highlights_snippet.sent: A lawyer for Johns Hopkins has called the suit 'baseless' 