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October 30, 2024
4th Circ. Affirms Soldier's Loss Against Fluor Over Bombing
A split Fourth Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a soldier's lawsuit against Fluor Corp. over injuries he sustained in a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan, holding the suit's state tort claims are preempted by a "combatant activities" exception in federal law.
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August 11, 2021
Fluor Gets Win In Soldier's Suit Over Suicide Bombing
A South Carolina federal judge has thrown out a suit by a former U.S. Army soldier against Fluor Corp. over injuries he sustained in a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan, saying that the state law claims are preempted by a "combatant activities" exception in federal law.
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December 17, 2020
State Secrets Complicate Litigation Over Bomb Blast
A defense contractor has sought for the third time dismissal of a federal tort lawsuit over a bombing that happened in Afghanistan, alleging Wednesday that confidential information it would need to prepare an adequate defense was being withheld by the government.
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July 29, 2020
SC Judge Won't Dismiss Soldier's Bombing Suit Against Fluor
A South Carolina federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss a U.S. Army soldier's allegations that Fluor Corp. failed to prevent an employee from carrying out a deadly suicide attack, finding that a state jurisdictional bar doesn't shut out the litigation.
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June 19, 2020
Fluor Says There's No Jurisdiction For Afghan Bombing Suit
Fluor Corp. urged a South Carolina federal judge Friday to end a suit alleging it is liable for a U.S. Army soldier's injuries from a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan, arguing that the case doesn't belong in the state.
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June 01, 2020
Fluor Can't Ditch Case Over Afghanistan Suicide Bombing
A South Carolina federal judge on Monday refused to toss a suit seeking to hold Fluor Corp. liable for a U.S. Army specialist's injuries from a 2016 suicide bombing in the Middle East, finding that the court has authority over the case.
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February 20, 2019
US Soldier Says Fluor Is Liable For Suicide Bombing
A U.S. Army soldier injured by a bomb at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan is accusing government contractor Fluor of not doing enough to prevent an employee from making and detonating the bomb, according to a suit filed Wednesday in South Carolina federal court.