Hagerman v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Full Name: Hagerman v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, No. 03 Civ. 1579 (D.D.C.)
The firm recovered more than $40 million as part of historic $2.7 billion settlement with the government of Libya for the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. This litigation created the terrorist exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA).
2002 - 2008 International Law 28 USC 1331 Federal Question Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act Negligence Torts