Families File Suit in Chinese Tainted Milk Scandal

January 20, 2009

A group of lawyers said Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against 22 dairy companies to seek compensation for the deaths or illnesses of hundreds of children who drank milk products tainted with a toxic chemical. The filing is a rare instance in which Chinese lawyers are proceeding with a class-action product liability case.

The lawsuit was filed last Friday with the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing on behalf of the families of 213 children, said Lin Zheng, an administrator for a group of lawyers who have volunteered to represent the victims. The lawsuit says the children were victims of one of the biggest food safety crises to hit China in recent years — they drank milk tainted with melamine, a toxic chemical illegally added to dairy products to give the false appearance of high protein counts. Melamine can lead to kidney problems.

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