Supreme Court Seems Open to Tort Suits Against War Zone Contractors

At a hearing Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a former soldier claiming that a contractor’s negligence led to a Taliban suicide bombing on a U.S. base in Afghanistan.

       

At a hearing Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a former soldier claiming that a contractor’s negligence led to a Taliban suicide bombing on a U.S. base in Afghanistan.