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Originally Posted by fatboy
So, do they have a case?
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Although the Plaintiff's attorneys have a statute of limitations problem, the successful Holocaust settlement proves that they have a chance.
Like the Holocaust survivors who did get payments if they had an eligible ancestor, the survivors of slavery would be able to collect although the payment structure would be extremely difficult because unlike the Holocaust survivors, the survivors of the slavery period are many generations removed.
I would not have mentioned this on SR, but I worked on the Holocaust Victim's Asset litigation. I did not participate in the lawsuit or settlement, but I did spend a lot of time reviewing files to determine who had a valid claim and who didn't. It would be an administrative nightmare to have to do the same job with eligible decendants many generations removed.
Do I think they will see any money? My best guess is that the huge pool of eligible decendants will receive
something but it will be a tiny amount of money and even that will not happen if the corporations decide to fully litigate the case (which the holocaust defendants did not do).
I also read that the Egyptian government is suing Israel over the gold Israelites supposedly took with them during the exodus.
Unfortunatley for me, I am a White male of German heritige so as much as I would like to sue someone for something that happened a few centuries ago, defendants will be hard to find.