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  • Rachel Corrie's family appeals lawsuit against bulldozer-maker

    03/24/2006 9:50:10 AM PST · by oxcart · 83 replies · 3,226+ views
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ^ | 03/24/2006 | By GENE JOHNSON
    SEATTLE -- The parents of a 23-year-old who was killed trying to prevent the demolition of an occupied Palestinian home have appealed a judge's decision to dismiss their lawsuit against Caterpiller Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her. "He applied the wrong legal standard and ignored the facts," said Maria LaHood, a lawyer with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights. Rachel Corrie was killed three years ago by an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer. She was trying to stop him from demolishing a Gaza Strip home while the family was inside; though witnesses said she...