Gencor to Get Legal Advice Over Asbestos Related Suits
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Published November 22, 2002


South African mining company Gencor said on that it was obtaining legal 
advice after being named as co-defendant in the case in which thousands 
of South Africans are claiming compensation from a British company for 
asbestos-related ailments.  The company said in a statement that it had 
been named as co-defendant in the case currently being heard in the 
United Kingdom. 

"This follows permission being granted on 15 October in the English High
Court, in a private hearing, to name Gencor as a co-defendant in the 
proceedings against Cape Plc in the United Kingdom," the company said.  
Gencor said that unlike Cape, however, it was a South African company and
did not fall under the jurisdiction of the British courts. 

"Gencor has already pointed out that it is not in the ordinary course 
subject to the jurisdiction of English courts and that it is unaware of 
any grounds which could properly justify its joinder to the Cape Plc 
proceedings in the United Kingdom," the Company stated.  The Company said
it would respond to its inclusion in the suit once it had obtained legal 
advice. 

Cape reached a settlement with the claimants last year but failed to pay
out the first installment by the due date.