The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (File photo)
Miller & Chevalier has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Syria on allegations the Middle East nation had abducted, detained and killed a U.S. citizen as a state sponsor of terrorism liable under U.S. federal law.
Representing the widow, adult children and sister of Majd Kamalmaz, an American psychologist who died in Syrian custody, Miller & Chevalier demands a damages award of at least $70 million in District of Columbia federal court under an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
