In a historic class action decision spearheaded by U.S. plaintiffs firms Hausfeld LLP and Motley Rice and their South African counsel, a court in Johannesburg on Friday greenlighted a four-year-old class action against 32 mining companies on behalf of current and former miners sickened with deadly silicosis and tuberculosis.
As many as a half million current and former gold miners with silicosis may be eligible to join the litigation, which was filed in August 2012; an additional large number of mine workers with tuberculosis will also be covered as a separate class. An estimated quarter to a third of all who worked in the mines are said to have contracted occupational lung diseases, so potential damages are steep. Estimates range between $660 million and a few billion dollars.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
