Supreme Court Allows Injured Veteran Lawsuit Against Defense Contractor

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive. The court ruled 6-3 in favor of former Army Spc. Winston Hencely, who was wounded when he stopped a man on his way to detonate an explosive vest at a Veterans Day weekend 5K race at Bagram Airfield in 2016. Ahmad Nayeb instead blew himself up when he was confron

The Supreme Court has revived an injured veteran’s lawsuit attempting to hold a defense contractor liable for a 2016 terrorist attack in Afghanistan. The contractor, known as Fluor Corp., argued that a federal law granting the government immunity should apply to companies like itself. In a 6–3 decision on April 22, the court rejected its argument, saying that “federal contractors do not automatically share the Government’s immunity merely because they perform services for it.”