Ford, IBM win dismissal of 12-year lawsuit over apartheid abuses
August 28, 2014 at 18:10 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a 12-year-old lawsuit accusing Ford Motor Co and IBM Corp of encouraging human rights abuses in apartheid-era South Africa, reluctantly concluding that the case does not belong in U.S. courts.