Mining firms to appeal silicosis ruling - miners' lawyer
03 June 2016 - 12:52
Gold mining firms will appeal against a court ruling allowing class action suits seeking damages for up to half a million miners who contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis, a lawyer for the miners said on Friday. A High Court decision last month set the stage for protracted proceedings covering cases dating back decades in the largest class action suits yet in Africa's most industrialised country.
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