An international financier can’t be held liable for harmful emissions that occurred in India, the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday, spiking a lawsuit that some saw as a test of whether U.S.companies can be sued for international pollution.The International Finance Corp., or IFC, is immune to claims that the bank should be held liable for funding the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project, a coal-fired plant that spewed airand water pollution into a fishing village on India’s Gujarat coast, according to a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.Since the “gravamen,” or core, of the harms alleged in Budha Jam v. International Finance Corp. didn’t stem from the World Bank arm’s U.S. activities, U.S. courts lack jurisdiction over thecase, Judge Judith Rogers wrote for the panel.
展开▼
