Chile miners sue lawyer for fraud over underground ordeal

Nine of the 33 miners who in 2010 were trapped by a rockfall in a mine in Chile for 69 days before being rescued are suing their lawyers. The group accuses the lawyers of cheating them out of money. The lawyers negotiated the rights relating to films, TV series and books based on the miners’ […]

Nine of the 33 miners who in 2010 were trapped by a rockfall in a mine in Chile for 69 days before being rescued are suing their lawyers.
The group accuses the lawyers of cheating them out of money.
The lawyers negotiated the rights relating to films, TV series and books based on the miners’ ordeal.
The plaintiffs allege that they were badly advised by the lawyers, who they say conned them into signing away their rights.