Protester's Family Sues Caterpillar

Claims company knew its bulldozers could

'demolish homes and endanger people'

By Jake Easton R A D O K   N E W S Posted: March 16, 2005 4:12am EST Updated: March 17, 2005 9:29am EST

Today is the second anniversary of Rachel Corrie's death, when she tried - and failed - to challenge a Caterpillar bulldozer in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.

The family of 23-year-old Rachel, is now suing Caterpillar Tractor, Inc. of Peoria, Illinois - the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her.

The federal lawsuit alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces that it knew would be used to demolish homes and endanger people.

Caterpillar spokeswoman Linda Fairbanks issued a statement yesterday saying: "More than 2 million Caterpillar machines and engines are at work in virtually every region of the world each day. We have neither the legal right nor the means to police individual use of that equipment." 

Related News

· Kin of Slain Protester Suing Caterpillar.  The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home is suing Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her. 

· The Anniversary of Rachel Corrie's Suicide on Behalf of Terrorists.  March 16 is the second anniversary of Rachel Corrie's idiotic decision to commit suicide by challenging an Israeli bulldozer driver to a game of chicken. Corrie won the game, at the cost of her life, according to ChronWatch. 

· Rachel Corrie's Family Sue Israeli Forces and Caterpillar.  The family of Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, has filed a lawsuit for financial compensations for their daughter's murder. 

· Family of Slain Protestor Sues Caterpillar.  The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home is suing Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her. 

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