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March 2009Hausfeld LLP has been invited to participate in precedent-setting litigation on behalf of South African gold miners who have suffered a disabling lung disease called silicosis. The cases will be filed in the South African courts and allege that the workers suffered uncontrolled exposures to silica dust in mining operations managed by Anglo American Corp.
The litigation is designed to establish the workers' rights to compensation under the South African Constitution and various statutory compensation schemes, as well as to establish a medical monitoring program to benefit the workers. It has been estimated that one in four South African gold miners suffer from this disabling disease.
The first "test case" as dismissed in 2008 and is presently on appeal.
For more information, please contact the Hausfeld LLP attorney working on the matter, Richard S. Lewis.
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