Posted on 03/16/2005 8:04:10 AM PST by grundle
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_re_us/protester_killed_lawsuit
Kin of Slain Protester Suing Caterpillar
Tue Mar 15, 5:52 PM ET
By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE, Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE - The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home is suing Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her.
The federal lawsuit, which lawyers said would be filed here Tuesday, alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces that it knew would be used to demolish homes and endanger people.
Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, was standing in front of a home in a refugee camp in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, in March of 2003 when a bulldozer plowed over her.
"The brutal death of my daughter should never have happened," Corrie's mother, Cindy Corrie, said in a statement released by the Center for Constitutional Rights, a law firm handling the case. "We believe Caterpillar and the (Israeli Defense Forces) must be held accountable for their role in the attack."
Caterpillar spokeswoman Linda Fairbanks said the company had no comment on the lawsuit.
However, the company released a general statement Tuesday that said: "Caterpillar shares the world's concern over unrest in the Middle East and we certainly have compassion for all those affected by political strife.
"However, more than 2 million Caterpillar machines and engines are at work in virtually every region of the world each day. We have neither the legal right nor the means to police individual use of that equipment."
The statement did not refer to the lawsuit.
The Corries have filed separate claims in Israel against the state of Israel, the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Israeli Defense Forces.
The Israeli military classified Corrie's death as an accident.
It is just plain un-American to sue Caterpillar over her actions that got her killed.
Yes, we know.
I hope they sue her back for bringing a malicious and frivoulus lawsuit
One word.....
MOVE!
One more reason we need tort reform to prevent frivolous lawsuits.
I don't see what those kooks are complaining about. She went there to be a human shield. Mission accomplished.
You can't be serious!
Perhaps Cindy Corrie should accept some of the blame for what her daughter did that led to her death.
I have this terrible memory of waking up next to a really scary looking woman. If I could remember, I'm gonna sue the beer company.
Those "stupid" Okies in the Grapes of Wrath had the good sense of getting out of the way of the "Cats." Leave it to academia to do something really stupid.
I envision a crushing defeat for the Corries in court.
yeah, she never should have flown to israel and stood in front of a large machine, not to mention burn an american flag on foreign soil with a moose-slim uniform on. she is a pancake for worms now.
There isn't any question that this episode just confirms "the acorn doesn't fall very far from the tree."
This family that spawned an idiot daughter continue to affirm their idiotcy. Sad that stupidity spawns stupidity.
Rachael Corrie, "Democratic activist"--translation: crazed lefty dingbat/trouble-maker)--steps in front of bulldozer . . `dozer wins. It ain't rocket science.
Judgment, costs and attorney fees to defendant. And bailiff, whack Mom's palm with a ruler.
I like pancakes :-)
If I jump off a bridge, can my folks sue the bridge constructor?
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