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General Motors agrees to settle over South Africa apartheid claims
Thursday, March 1, 2012
However, Khulumani laywer Charles Abrahams said the payment to more than 20 Khulumani claimants should help their case against the remaining four companies.
“The fact that GM has made a without prejudice offer to our clients clearly indicates that they acknowledge liability of some sort,” Abrahams told Reuters.
“For us that is a significant step in corporate accountability and we hope it will stand us in good stead with our class action against Ford, Daimler, Rheinmetall and IBM.”
A number of U.S. Supreme Court justices have expressed scepticism over whether companies can be sued in the United States for alleged complicity in human rights abuses abroad.
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