JANE W. v. THOMAS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-569.

560 F.Supp.3d 855 (2021)

JANE W., in her individual capacity, and in her capacity as the personal representative of the estates of her relatives, James W., Julie W., and Jen W., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Moses W. THOMAS, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed September 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alyssa T. Yamamoto , Catherine Amirfar , Megan Corrarino , Moeun Cha , Elizabeth Nielsen , DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, Carmen Ka Man Cheung , Nushin Sarkarati , Elzbieta T. Matthews , Center for Justice & Accountability, San Francisco, CA, Katherine Seifert , DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC, Laurence S. Shtasel , Huaou Yan , Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP, James T. Giles , Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs Jane W., John X., John Y., John Z.

Nixon Teah Kannah , Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are survivors of a brutal attack on a church sanctuary over thirty years ago, during the First Liberian Civil War. Defendant Moses W. Thomas, then a colonel commanding an elite unit of the Liberian military, faces claims under the Torture Victim...

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