Thursday 23 October 2014

U.S. urges judge to dismiss cholera lawsuit against United Nations

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the United Nations by a group of Haitians who claim peacekeepers caused the devastating cholera epidemic that followed their country’s 2010 earthquake. Ellen Blain, a lawyer for the Justice Department, told U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken in New York that the lawsuit, filed in 2013, should be thrown out because the United Nations is "absolutely immune" from such claims. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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