Leon Frazier, Provo, Utah, Uranium History Series

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LEON FRAZIER #2 people to go and fall into and so forth, you see. MH: Yeah, in essence, though they are problems of our society rather than legal problems, but because of neglect, they do fall under legal canons. LF: That's right. Becoming more concerned about things. People now are more concerned with suing other people than they've ever been. So as people become more lawsuit-conscious and as the government is wiped away--you see, it used to be that the government you couldn't sue the government at all. But now you can sue the federal government and you can sue the state government, and the concept of governmental immunity is being wiped away by decisions and by laws, legislation. And as the government finds itself more susceptible to law suits, they will tighten up the requirements on holes so that--well, you commit them, you require them to do these things, you see, and so not only do you sue the guy that goes out and digs the shaft, but you also sue the federal government and everybody else that you can on the theory that they require it, you see. MH: So in essence, when you talk of legal aspects of the mining industry, the uranium mining industry, you're really talking about problems which result out of neglect? 47