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Judge says ChevronTexaco could be liable for alleged rights abuse in Nigeria
A US federal judge says ChevronTexaco Corp. could stand trial on allegations one of its subsidiaries was linked to the deaths of nine people during oil protests. The suit was filed in 1999 following attacks on an offshore oil platform in May 1998, and on residents of two villages in January 1999.
ChevronTexaco argued the company is not liable for wrongful death and other damages to survivors, and that it cannot be sued in American courts for the actions of its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., known as CNL.
The survivors allege that Chevron in the United States profited from CNL's oil production which was made possible, or at least was protected by, the military's allegedly abusive force to quell unrest in Nigeria.
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