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Israeli Mobile Network Settles Cancer Lawsuit
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Israel's Partner Communications has made an out-of-court settlement with a customer who claims he contracted cancer from using one of the company's mobile phones.
The customer sued the company last May accusing the firm of being responsible for an occurrence of aggressive lymphoma near his left ear.
Partner -- which trades under the Orange brandname -- settled the case with a payment of NIS400,000 (US$108,000), which it said was a "humanitarian gesture" and it maintained that it was not responsible for the cancer.
The case was complicated by the fact that the man had converted a room that was designed for use as a bomb shelter for use as an office, and made most of the phone calls from within that reinforced structure. The design of the building inhibited mobile phone signals, causing the phone to have to emit higher than average levels of radio signal to reach the nearby base-station.
In a a statement, Partner said that it is "very meticulous about adhering to the guidelines of the World Health Organization, the Health Ministry, the Communications Ministry and all the relevant bodies. No scientific or medical basis was found to the claim and it was rejected by the court.
The company added that in light of the personal story presented by the man, it decided on an exceptional humanitarian gesture.
Tags: [partner communications] [cancer] [Israel]
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