He Wins RMB 4 Million for China |
| One day in the summer of 1993, an explosion intrigued by a batch of crackers caused two of the students who were loading the goods dead, one badly and one lightly injured. The owner of the products didn’t pay insurance for the goods. And the company was ill performing. After the explosion, it went bankruptcy.
Relatives of the explosion victims filed a lawsuit to the federal court of America after they failed to get any damages from the American goods owner, claiming USD 50 million against Chinese Horse Brand (brand name of products of Guangdong Native Produce I&E Corp.), two Hongkong companies and the government of the People’s Republic of China. In 1996, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the complaint from the federal court of America. Mr. He Peihua, Chief director of Guangdong International Business Law Firm, was appointed as agent of Guangdong Native Produce I&E Corp. In the court, Mr. He with solid evidence argued that Guangdong Native Produce I&E Corp had no business connection with the two Hongkong companies, Chinese Horse Brand was just a brand name not a legal entity, the goods mentioned were not produced by Guangdong Native Produce I&E Corp. and the explosion were not due to quality problem. In 1999, plaintiff because of lack of evidence proposed to reach a settlement with defendant. In consideration of the tedious litigation process and enlarging expenses, defendant agreed to arrive at a settlement by paying USD20,000. The Chinese party bore no responsibility. |
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