Kweku Hanson

Kweku Joseph Hanson (watalwa ngo 21 Juni 1961, e-Accra, eGhana) waphotfula nge-AB eBowdoin College, Brunswick, ME ngemnyaka wa 1985 kanye ne-Doctor of Jurisprudence (Juris Doctor, noma JD, cishe kulingana ne-LLB) degree e-University of Connecticut School of Law ngemnyaka wa 1988. Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi wabekwa eceleni njengemmeli kanye nemmeli wetekufika ngenca yetikhalo letinyenti letiphatselene nekutiphatsa lokungekho emtsetfweni, kungakhoni kwenta umsebenti, kungasebentisi kahle imali yemakhasimende, kanye nekubekwa licala lekuhlukunyetwa ngekwelicansi, titfombe tebantfwana letingcolile kanye nekungetsembeki kwebofakazi.

Imetamo yekushushiswa kwelicembu ngenca yekucindzeteleka lokubangelwe kubuyiselwa kwemathayi

Ngo 2000, wamelela umfati wase West Hartford lowamangalela i-Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. kanye ne-Ford Motor Co., afuna tigidzi temadola langu-60 "ngekuhlukunyetwa, kucindzeteleka ngekwengcondvo kanye nekucindzeteleka ngekwemivelo" lahlangabetana nako ngesikhatsi ashayela i-Ford Explorer yakhe, lebeyinemathayi lakhishwe. Rhona Baugh-Seawright bekanetfuka futsi esaba tinyanga letimbili kusukela atfola kutsi bekangekho eveni lonkhe, ngekusho kwa Kweku J. Hanson, ngemuva kwekufaka licala eNkantolo yeSifundza yaseMelika eHartford. Watsi: "Likhalo lakhe alifuni kulungiswa kwekulimala ngenca yengoti".

Inkantolo yeLubandlululo eNingizimu Afrika

Ngemnyaka wa-2003, yena, kanye naPaul Ngobeni, umngani wakhe we-Ocwen class action suit, bamele bamangaleli labatsatfu lebebatsi bamele "bonkhe bantfu lebebahlala eNingizimu Afrika kusukela nga-1948 kuze kube ngunyalo futsi lababhekene nekulimala ngenca yelubandlululo". Kukhokhelwa kwekushushiswa kanye nekukhokhelwa kwemonakalo longetulu kwetigidzigidzi temarandi leti-$400 kwatsatfwa "kuvela" etinkampanini temhlaba wonkhe (kufaka ekhatsi i-IBM, i-Citigroup, i-GE, i-DuPont kanye naletinye tintfo letinyenti) lebetisebenta ngebubandlululo eNingizimu Afrika ngekwephula umtsetfo wemave emhlaba wonkhe lofanele kutsi ubekwe enkantolo yesigodzi yaseMelika ngaphasi kwe-Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 ("ATCA"), kanye naletinye timiso temtsetfo. Lamanye emacala lamabili aseNingizimu Afrika laphikisana nelubandlululo i-Khulumani et al., vs Barclays Bank et al., licala; kanye ne-Ntsebeza vs Daimler Chrysler Corp licala lacalwa ngekwehlukana nga-2002. Inkantolo yase Southern District yase New York ngaphansi kweJaji John E. Sprizzo yatfola sicelo sebamangalelwa sekususa sikhalo. Lokutfolakele kwavalwa incenye yi-US Court of Appeal (Second Circuit) ekubekweni kwelicala kwekucala ngemnyaka wa 2006 kwatsi kwatsatfwa sincumo ngenyanga yaMphala ngemnyaka wa 2007 kepha ngaleso sikhatsi uMnumzane Hanson abengasekho amele bamangaleli.

Kuhlukunyetwa ngekwelicansi, kuboshwa, kanye nekulahlwa licala

NgaNovemba 1, 2007, Hanson wavuma licala emacala lamabili ekuhlukunyetwa ngekwelicansi ngelizinga lesibili; emacala lamabi ekulimala umntfwana losemncane; licala linye lekuba netitfombe tebantfwana letingcolile ngelizinga lekucala; kanye nemacala lamabili ekushintja fakazi. Watfola sigwebo seminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nesihlanu sekufa lesimisiwe ngemuva kwekuboshwa iminyaka lesitfupha ilandzelwe iminyaka lengemashumi lamatsatfu yekuboshwa. Ngaphambi kwekugwetjwa kwakhe, Hanson wetama kubuyisela emuva sicelo sakhe "selicala", ngekusho kutsi, ngalokunye, bekangacondzi emacala ebugebengu labekwe kuye futsi inkantolo yehlulekile kumtjela ngalokwenele ngelizinga lesigwebo lesihlobene nalawo macala ngesikhatsi sencubo leyatiwa ngekutsi yi-plea canvassing.