“The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home have sued Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court here [in Seattle], alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces, knowing the machines would be used to demolish homes and endanger people.” Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of the late Rachel Corrie, live in Olympia, Wash. (Elizabeth M. Gillespie, AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mar. 16). Update Mar. 25, 2006: family appeals judge’s dismissal of lawsuit.
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