US Judge Awards $179M Damages to Plaintiffs Impacted by Foreign Terrorism

US Judge Awards $179M Damages to Plaintiffs Impacted by Foreign Terrorism

"Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged and shown that Iran's proxies launched the attacks in which their family members were either killed or injured with the intent to kill and with material support—including training, soldiers, and weapons—from Iran," U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in an opinion awarding $179 million in damages to 14 bellwether plaintiffs.