Legal Opinion
Heroth v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 10, 2008No. Civil Action 05-944 (GK)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge.
On May 12, 2003, terrorists associated with the Al-Qaeda network perpetrated a suicide truck bombing at a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The compound housed civilian employees of Vinnell Corporation, a defense contractor and Northrop Grumman subsidiary, which was working to train and modernize the Saudi Arabian National Guard (“SANG”), a branch of the Saudi Armed Forces. The bombing tragically resulted in death or serious injury for a number of Vinnell employees.
Plaintiffs, Vinnell employees injured or killed in the attack and…
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