HEGNA v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. Civ. JFM-03-2050.

287 F.Supp.2d 608 (2003)

Edwena R. HEGNA, et al. v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

August 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B Kershaw, Ward Kershaw and Minton PA, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Jennifer Ann Paisner, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Thomas M. DiBiagio, Baltimore, MD, for Movant.


MEMORANDUM

MOTZ, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are members of the family of Charles Hegna, an American who was killed in a Hezbollah terrorist hijacking in 1984. They sued the Islamic Republic of Iran and its agents in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and obtained a default judgment in the amount of $42,000,000 in compensatory damages and $333,000,000 in punitive damages. In an effort to enforce their judgment, plaintiffs have obtained...

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