China’s Supreme Court has decided to accept the cases filed by families who children were killed or harmed in the tainted milk scandal. From AP:
The move signals a change in the way Beijing is handling fallout from the scandal, which killed at least six babies and sickened nearly 300,000 with kidney stones and kidney failure. A government-sanctioned compensation plan had been expected to ease public anger, but instead it gave embittered, outspoken parents across China a common cause.
“There will be lawsuits against all 22 dairy companies,” said Zhao Lianhai, who has rallied victims’ parents through a Web site he created.
He said Tuesday the 600-plus families involved want compensation for emotional harm as well as medical and other expenses — demands that go beyond the government’s one-time payouts.
