George H. Daranyi, Counsellor at Law

George Daranyi is an attorney practicing in Tucson, Arizona. He obtained his undergraduate degrees in English and economics from Hillsdale College in 1980 and his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983. He began his private legal practice in Tucson, Arizona in 1998. 

Mr. Daranyi’s legal practice consists exclusively in representing cancer victims or their surviving family members whose cancer was caused by the U.S. government’s extensive program of above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds during the Cold War. 

Mr. Daranyi has filed over 6,000 claims with the United States Department of Justice on behalf of downwinders (i.e. people who lived in certain geographic areas considered downwind from the testing where nuclear fallout is presumed to have caused cancer), onsite testing participants, civil employees who handled nuclear materials, uranium miners, millers, and ore transporters. 

Approximately 90% of these claims have successfully resulted in awards to the claimants. 

These claims are filed pursuant to the provisions of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), a federal law passed by Congress, which came into effect in 1990, and which is designed to compensate those victims (or family members) for cancer caused by the government’s above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada test site between 1951 and 1962. 

The majority of cancer claims filed by Mr. Daranyi are on behalf of downwinders. There are approximately 23 cancers and compensable diseases covered under RECA, including: breast, brain, lung, pancreas, stomach, colon (including colorectal), among others (reference the FAQ section for full list). It is important to note that not every cancer diagnosis is covered. 

If you or a family member have been diagnosed with one or more of these cancers and can otherwise show that you qualify (reference the FAQ section), you could be eligible for payments of $100,000. 

In addition to RECA claims, Mr. Daranyi also represents claimants under another federal compensation benefits program, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act (EEOICPA), which Congress established in 2001. Under the EEOICPA, benefits are available for victims or their family members if they contracted certain illnesses as a result of handling certain radioactive or toxic materials while employed by the Department of Energy, or one of its contractors or subcontractors. Eligibility under this program may result in awards totaling from $150,000 to $400,000 depending on eligibility.