Code of Civil
Procedure ､ 354.6. Second World War slave or forced labor victims;
heirs; actions for recovery of compensation; limitations
(a) As
used in this section:
(1) "Second
World War slave labor victim" means any person taken from a concentration
camp or ghetto or diverted from transportation to a concentration camp
or from a ghetto to perform labor without pay for any period of time between
1929 and 1945, by the Nazi regime, its allies and sympathizers, or enterprises
transacting business in any of the areas occupied by or under control of
the Nazi regime or its allies and sympathizers.
(2) 'Second
World War forced labor victim" means any person who was a member of the
civilian population conquered by the Nazi regime, its allies or sympathizers,
or prisoner-of-war of the Nazi regime, its allies or sympathizers, forced
to perform labor without pay for any period of time between 1929 and 1945,
by the Nazi regime, its allies and sympathizers, or enterprises transacting
business in any of the areas occupied by or under control of the Nazi regime
or its allies and sympathizers.
(3) "Compensation"
means the present value of wages and benefits that individuals should have
been paid and damages for injuries sustained in connection with the labor
performed. Present value shall be calculated on the basis of the
market value of the services at the time they were performed, plus interest
from the time the services were performed, compounded annually to date
of full payment without diminution for wartime or postwar currency devaluation.
(b) Any
Second World War slave labor victim, or heir of a Second World War slave
labor victim, Second World War forced labor victim, or heir of a Second
World War forced labor victim, may bring an action to recover compensation
for labor performed as a Second World War slave labor victim or Second
World War forced labor victim from any entity or successor in interest
thereof, for whom that labor was performed, either directly or through
a subsidiary or affiliate. That action may be brought in a superior
court of this state, which court shall have jurisdiction over that action
until its completion or resolution.
(c) Any
action brought under this section shall not be dismissed for failure to
comply with the applicable statute of limitation, if the action is commenced
on or before December 31, 2010.
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