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IBM Cleared in San Jose Cancer Liability Suit

Posted by michael on from the hidden-costs dept.

kbeech writes "A jury In San Jose returned a unanimous verdict in favor of IBM in a case where plaintiffs claimed the company kept medical information on their condition from them." Slashdot hasn't covered this well, but evidence in the lawsuit has suggested that employees were heavily exposed to chemicals and that IBM was aware that their employees got cancer at higher rates than the general population.

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  1. you're an idiot by sbma44 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Business is not a god. It is here to serve people. Not the other way around.

    Left to its own devices, industry will have 12 year olds working 18 hours days. Regulation makes the crap you buy at walmart a few pennies more expensive. It's well worth it.

    Or do you just think you're one of the few, talented chosen ones, who could never need help from someone else -- that society's downtrodden are just getting what they deserve. Social Darwinism at work, right?