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A federal appeals court on Friday ordered Sudan to pay $2.1 billion in damages to American families of victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Sudan was liability for the bombings at U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
However, the court threw out the $4.3 billion in punitive damages from the original $10.2 billion the country was originally ordered to pay, and is seeking to clarify whether the non-American victims’ families could receive up to $3.8 billion, a lawyer for the Sudanese government said.
The 129-page ruling, written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, a Reagan appointee, affirmed much of the lower courts’ ruling and rejected arguments from Sudan’s government that the court had considered “inadmissible evidence” to make their final determination.
Court upholds multi-billion dollar judgment against Sudan over embassy bombings
Pay up.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Sudan was liability for the bombings at U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
However, the court threw out the $4.3 billion in punitive damages from the original $10.2 billion the country was originally ordered to pay, and is seeking to clarify whether the non-American victims’ families could receive up to $3.8 billion, a lawyer for the Sudanese government said.
The 129-page ruling, written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, a Reagan appointee, affirmed much of the lower courts’ ruling and rejected arguments from Sudan’s government that the court had considered “inadmissible evidence” to make their final determination.
Court upholds multi-billion dollar judgment against Sudan over embassy bombings
Pay up.
