OTS - Contergan victim wins against former board member of the Contergan Foundation
2017. June 08. 11:35
Cologne, Germany, 8 June, 2017 (APA/OTS) - In the lawsuit between
the plaintiff, Contergan (thalidomide) victim Andreas Meyer, and
the defendant and former Board member of the Contergan Foundation,
Attorney Karl Schucht, the Bonn Regional Court came to a judgement
on 10.5.2017. The judgement is not yet final. The case concerns the
question of possible collaboration between Grünenthal and the
Federal German Contergan Foundation:
Attorney Karl Schucht is forbidden to make the following
assertion:
"Mr Meyer alleged that Grünenthal has been looking into the
personal files of the beneficiaries at the Contergan Foundation for
30 years. This allegation is untrue. Grünenthal has never had
access to the medical files of the Contergan Foundation. The
medical files were and are always kept in the office of the
Contergan Foundation."
In the event that Attorney Schucht should repeat this
assertion, he would face a fine of up to 250,000 € or alternatively
up to 6 months detention.
Furthermore, Attorney Schucht must make a rectification in
writing to the members of the Family Affairs Committee of the
German Federal Parliament in the 17th Legislative Period:
"I hereby make the following rectification. Mr Meyer's
statements were not untrue. Grünenthal GmbH had access to the
medical files of the Contergan Foundation in the person of the
head of its Legal Department and Marketing Department, Attorney
Herbert Wartensleben, who was Chairman of the Medical Commission of
the Contergan Foundation from 1972 until 2003."
The remaining parts of Meyer's suit against Schucht were
rejected.
Meyer has lodged an appeal against the judgement in respect to
the parts of the suit that were rejected.
Meyer was and will be represented by Prof. Dr. Jan Hegemann
from the law firm Raue Rechtsanwälte LLP in Berlin. Hegemann
considers that an appeal against the judgement has a good chance of
success.
Meyer said: "Now the Federal Family Affairs Ministry, which has
been responsible for supervision of the Contergan Foundation since
1972, must explain to the public why it allowed this Grünenthal
sleaze in the Contergan Foundation to go on for 30 years."
You can read the judgement and further information at the
following link:
http://www.gruenenthal-opfer.de/Materials_Judgement_Meyer_vs_Schucht_10_05_2017
Contact:
Federation of Thalidomide Sufferers and Grünenthal Victims
c/o Mr Andreas Meyer (Chairman)
Dohmengasse 7
50829 Köln
Email: bcg-brd-dachverband@gmx.de
Website: www.gruenenthal-opfer.de
Mobile: +49 (0)172 / 2905974
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