Bagram Airfield
Coverage of Bagram Airfield in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court revives wounded veteran’s lawsuit against a contractor over suicide bombing
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow a wounded veteran, Winston Hencely, to sue Fluor Corporation, a government contractor, for failing to supervise an Afghan employee who built a suicide bomb that injured Hencely in Afghanistan. The court rejected Fluor's claim of government immunity, stating the company allegedly failed in its contractual duties.
- Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow a lawsuit by Army veteran Winston Tyler Hencely, injured in a 2016 Taliban suicide bombing at Bagram Airfield, against military contractor Fluor Corporation. The majority, led by Justice Clarence Thomas, rejected the 'battlefield preemption' theory, enabling state-law claims against contractors whose unauthorized actions caused harm. Justices Samuel Alito, John Roberts, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
- Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow a lawsuit by U.S. Army veteran Winston Hencely, injured in a 2016 Taliban suicide bombing at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by liberal and conservative justices, rejected the 'battlefield preemption' theory, enabling Hencely to pursue state-law claims against military contractor Fluor Corporation. Justices Alito, Roberts, and Kavanaugh dissented.