Legal Opinion
Avirgan v. Hull
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 2, 1989No. 86-1146-CIVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR COSTS AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, Chief Judge.
Tony Avirgan was injured by the explosion of a bomb in the jungle at La Penca, Nicaragua. He accused the defendants of exploding the bomb in an attempt to assassinate Eden Pastora, a contra leader. After two years of protracted and extensive discovery of scores of witnesses across the United States, Costa Rica, and elsewhere, the plaintiffs were unable to produce a single witness who could state that the defendants exploded the bomb or were responsible for the assassination attempt. See Avirgan v. Hull, 691…
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- Collins v. WaldenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by16 opinions
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