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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 12, 2005

Valuable Exception: Suits Against 'State Sponsors of Terrorism'

Forum Column - By Michael L. Martinez - Most people likely believe that the compensation system established by Congress for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., marked the first time Congress had established a mechanism for victims of terrorism to recover monetary compensation for those terrorist acts.

        

        Forum Column
        
        By Michael L. Martinez
        
        Most people likely bel...

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