Luminous Lives, Remarkable Legacy:
The Radium Girls' Fight for Workplace Rights and Employer Responsibilities

Short-Term

       1. Statute of Limitations: This hampered the case, because the Radium Girls could only hold the USRC accountable within two years of the injury. The women petitioned the Court of Chancery for exemption from this law. Instead, the USRC came to an agreement with the Radium Girls due to the negative publicity. 

"The women’s only recourse was to petition the Court of Chancery, a court of equity, to avoid the consequence of the expired statute of limitations. The court did not reach the statute of limitation issues and the USRC settled out of court, mostly due to the negative publicity created by the story of the five Radium Girls."

(Pressdee 2019)

(DeVille, Steiner 1997)