The Supreme Court has allowed an injured veteran’s lawsuit to attempting to hold a defense contractor liable for a 2016 terrorist attack in Afghanistan.
In a 6–3 decision on April 22, the court said that “federal contractors do not automatically share the Government’s immunity merely because they perform services for it.”
Justice Samuel Alito filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The case, Hencely v. Fluor Corp., was brought by U.S. Army Spc. Winston Hencely, who was left with permanent, life-altering injuries after a terrorist attack in 2016. He alleged that Fluor Corp., whose subcontractor employed the terrorist, failed to take adequate measures to prevent the attack….