Posted on 07/07/2007 12:44:06 PM PDT by Enchante
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments Monday whether there is merit to a lawsuit by the family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old activist from Olympia killed by a bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
The defendant in the case is Caterpillar, which made the D9 bulldozer involved in her death.
The case, Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar, was filed in Seattle in 2005, but a district court dismissed it. After this hearing, the appeals court will rule whether the suit should be dismissed or sent back to the lower court.
Cindy and Craig Corrie, the woman's parents, allege Caterpillar violated human rights and committed war crimes by knowingly selling its equipment to the Israeli army, which used the bulldozers to raze Palestinian homes and endanger people. Rachel Corrie was run over by a bulldozer driven by an Israeli soldier as she tried to block a home from demolition.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
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yes, her parents never told her not to play in an active construction site, stand in front of a moving bulldozer, associate with islamic terrorists, burn flags, etc. I suppose hey ignored her as a child. She did seem hungry for attention, so at least she got in the newspapers.
There could be a movie in this: call it “Raging Bull..dozer”.
There was no video of the incident.
The video you linked is a bunch of different clips spliced together.
It does not show the bulldozer running over Corrie, it shows her lying on the ground afterward.
Outstanding open letter by Steven Plaut. Thanks for posting.
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She is also the recipient of The Darwin Award..
Anyone can see where this farce is headed.
HOw long before Freepers do goofy joke on this thread Not that long ROFL
AHH You don’t know my state Ninth Circuit court LOL! be honest they let it pass LOL!
I'm sure her radical left parents had quite a bit to do with that.
Oh my god. Bulldozers run themselves now do they? This stuff is getting sick.............
Without ever seeing the inside of a law school, I could defend this case for Caterpillar in two sentences.
(1) The United States Courts courts generally have no jurisdiction over events occurring in locations outside the United States. (Yes, there are exceptions, but they don't apply here.)
(2) Caterpillar violated no U. S. statute in selling its equipment to Israel.
Ping!
Which means they will rule for the Corries and the case will go on to the Supreme Court, who will smack down the 9th yet again...my prediction.
This lawsuit cannot/will not be won by the Corries. The sole purpose of it is exert pressure on Caterpillar via bad publicity. To get Caterpillar to not sell to Israel
Who is their lawyer? Bet it’s an activist lawyer who is being paid little because he is a crusader, he is part of “the cause”
I understand the Caterpillar filed its legal briefs for this case electronically - in the form of flat files.
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