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Article

13 May 2016

Author:
TJ Strydom & Zimasa Mpemnyama, Reuters

South African court allows silicosis class action suit against gold firms

South Africa's High Court on Friday gave the green light for a class action suit seeking damages from the gold mining sector on behalf of thousands of miners who contracted the fatal lung disease silicosis while working underground.

The court also allowed a class action to go ahead on behalf of miners who contracted tuberculosis in the mines…

The defendants in the case include Harmony Gold, Gold Fields, AngloGold Ashanti, Sibanye Gold, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Anglo American, which have formed the Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Working Group to deal with such issues.

The suits, which have little precedent in South African law, have their roots in a landmark 2011 ruling by the Constitutional Court that for the first time allowed lung-diseased miners to sue their employers for damages…

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So. Africa: Court allows silicosis & tuberculosis class action lawsuits against gold mining companies

Gold miner silicosis litigation (re So. Africa)

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