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U.S. corporations can’t be punished for supporting murders and war crimes in other countries, judge says

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:26
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A federal appeals court has ruled that family members of employees working for an American corporation in a foreign country who were killed while on the job by paramilitary forces that the corporation allegedly backed cannot sue the company for damages.

According to Courthouse News Service, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that relatives of coal miners and union leaders working for Drummond Co. who were killed by Colombian paramilitary forces have no standing to file suit, even though the corporation allegedly supported murderers and war criminals …. http://www.naturalnews.com




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