Prasa’s train collision pay-out labelled a ploy
Lusanda Bill
28 May 2011
The South African Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is urging commuters injured in two train accidents in Gauteng not to accept the 10-thousand-Rands each the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa offering them.
Lawyers have labeled it a cynical ploy to head off a class action that could cost the rail operator a billion-Rands.
Prasa has put aside 10-million-Rands to pay out the more than a thousand victims of two train collisions, one in Pretoria last month and one Soweto last week.
The train victims have to sign a waiver preventing them from suing Prasa in court.
28 May 2011
The South African Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is urging commuters injured in two train accidents in Gauteng not to accept the 10-thousand-Rands each the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa offering them.
Lawyers have labeled it a cynical ploy to head off a class action that could cost the rail operator a billion-Rands.
Prasa has put aside 10-million-Rands to pay out the more than a thousand victims of two train collisions, one in Pretoria last month and one Soweto last week.
The train victims have to sign a waiver preventing them from suing Prasa in court.
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