Family of protester killed by bulldozer suing Caterpillar

Seattle PI ^ | 03-15-05 | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE

[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."

[CastleMan95]

http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=67603

Activists protesting the death of a young woman who lost her life while trying to stop the Israeli military from bulldozing a Palestinian home brought their message to Quarry Drive yesterday....

Local protest here in Mass of CAT dealership in honor of Corrie.

[NavyCanDo]

If her family is going to be suing anybody it should be The Evergreen State College that turned this naive girl into a leftist activist.

[Paleo Conservative]

The Caterpillar Attorneys need to immediately file a motion to squash...

But why is the bulldozer suing?

[Joe 6-pack]

"But why is the bulldozer suing?"

That's something I've been trying to unearth since I first read this, but my efforts have apparently not made the grade. To be on the level with you, I think this whole thing is just a load, but I haven't been tracking it that closely.