Legal Opinion
Estates of Ungar Ex Rel. Strachman v. Pales. Auth.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 4, 2002No. C.A. 00-105LPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed this amended action for damages under the federal counterter-roism statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 2333 (2000) et seq. after Yaron Ungar, a United States citizen, and his wife, Efrat Ungar, were killed in Israel by the terrorist group Ha-mas. As part of what was initially enacted as the Antiterrorism Act of 1991 (“ATA”), 1 section 2333 provides a cause of action for any national of the United States who was injured in his or her person, property, or business by reason of an act of international terrorism. Section 2333 also permits the…
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