Skip to comments.
Family of protester killed by bulldozer suing Caterpillar
Seattle PI ^
| 03-15-05
| ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE
Posted on 03/15/2005 4:10:04 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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, on March 16, 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: anarchists; caterpillar; clueless; communists; darwinaward; dogooders; frivolouslawsuits; lawsuit; limousineliberals; pancake; rachelcorrie; radicalleftists; roadkill; socialists
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 161-164 next last
As if the World could not get any crazier.
1
posted on
03/15/2005 4:10:04 PM PST
by
NavyCanDo
To: NavyCanDo
2
posted on
03/15/2005 4:10:44 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: NavyCanDo
Let the Rachel Corrie jokes start now....
3
posted on
03/15/2005 4:11:05 PM PST
by
Drango
(All my ideas, good or bad, are stolen from other FReepers)
To: NavyCanDo
oh PLEASE let this get thrown out. I will lose total hope for all legal authority if it's not.
4
posted on
03/15/2005 4:11:28 PM PST
by
lawgirl
(Please support me as I walk 60 miles in 3 days to support breast cancer research! (see my profile!))
To: NavyCanDo
Well, that part of the suit makes it pretty clear what this is all about, and it surely ain't justice.
5
posted on
03/15/2005 4:12:19 PM PST
by
microgood
To: NavyCanDo
Of course it never occurs to these morons that Corrie might have been responsible for her own death.
6
posted on
03/15/2005 4:12:38 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
To: NavyCanDo
What a joke... My explorer is specially equiped to run over people! I should sue Ford!
7
posted on
03/15/2005 4:12:53 PM PST
by
smith288
(The GOP, Ditech of politics... "lost another one to GOP" - Howard dean)
To: Drango
The Caterpillar Attorneys need to immediately file a motion to squash...
8
posted on
03/15/2005 4:13:06 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
("It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.")
To: Joe 6-pack
9
posted on
03/15/2005 4:14:11 PM PST
by
colorado tanker
(The People Have Spoken)
To: NavyCanDo
Peaceful co-existence with these freaks is getting more difficult by the minute.
To: NavyCanDo
And I thought she was happy with the pancake plaque!
To: Do not dub me shapka broham; rmlew; Cacique; firebrand
Rachel Corrie's parents are SO F-CKIN' TYPICAL of the a-sholes who live here. I swear, Seattle makes New York look like Lubbock...
BTW: Caterpillar's stock has been up substantially since the incident occurred. Coincidence? ;-)
12
posted on
03/15/2005 4:14:34 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
To: NavyCanDo
Must've been the D9 "Kill Dozer" (anybody besides me remember that lame old movie?)
13
posted on
03/15/2005 4:14:36 PM PST
by
planekT
To: NavyCanDo
someone should tell them a bulldozer is NOT an SUV
To: NavyCanDo
Attack of the k-k-killer c-c-caterpillars!!!
15
posted on
03/15/2005 4:14:47 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
To: Joe 6-pack
To: NavyCanDo
To: NavyCanDo
What's next? Outlaw "assault Caterpillers"?
To: Joe 6-pack
To: NavyCanDo
Should come with a warning sticker. "Objects you're looking at appear as close as they really are."
20
posted on
03/15/2005 4:15:54 PM PST
by
delacoert
(imperat animus corpori, et paretur statim: imperat animus sibi, et resistitur. -AUGUSTINI)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80 ... 161-164 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson