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  • Victims Sue Thailand, U.S., Accor Over Tsunami

    03/07/2005 7:00:52 AM PST · by The_Victor · 57 replies · 2,027+ views
    Yahoo (Reuters) ^ | March 7, 2005
    VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. and Austrian lawyers have filed a lawsuit demanding Thailand, U.S. forecasters and the French Accor group answer accusations they failed in a duty to warn populations hit by December's Tsunami disaster, a lawyer said Monday.   The lawsuit was filed Friday at a New York district court on behalf of tsunami victims by lawyers including U.S. attorney Edward Fagan, internationally renowned for 1990s lawsuits against Swiss banks over Holocaust-era accounts. It demanded an account of their actions on Dec. 26. "We expect a hearing within 30 days," Austrian lawyer Gerhard Podovsovnik told Reuters. "We don't...