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Swart, Regina
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0285 | Published April 11, 2006 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the 1980s, the true effects of 100 years of asbestos mining in South Africa became apparent, as thousands of former miners and those who lived in the mining communities developed asbestos-related d... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0286 | Published April 11, 2006 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The other South African claimants in a lawsuit against the multinational companies, particularly Cape plc, for sickness and disease that had resulted from asbestos mining moved closer to seeking redre... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0287 | Published April 11, 2006 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The seesawing in the case of the South African asbestos mining claimants continued over several years. Then, in a July 2000 landmark decision, the British House of Lords Court of Appeals ruled that Ca... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (D)—The Settlement and the Aftermath
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0288 | Published April 11, 2006 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2003, Gencor settled with the claimants in the asbestos lawsuit by paying (South African rands) ZAR378 million in the newly established Asbestos Relief Trust and ZAR4.2 million into a trus... Read More