HEROTH v. KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Civil Action No. 05-944 (GK).

565 F.Supp.2d 59 (2008)

Jerry HEROTH, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Alvin Karp, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind, P.A., Rockville, MD, Steven R. Perles, Perles Law Firm, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Mark C. Hansen, Priya R. Aiyar, Rebecca A. Beynon, Michael K. Kellogg, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


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...

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