May 4, 2026
Supreme Court allows military vet's injury case to proceed
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a wounded veteran can sue the military contractor whose negligent retention of a Taliban operative led to a suicide bombing that killed five soldiers and permanently disabled him.
Michael E. Rubinstein
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Michael is a Los Angeles-based personal injury and accident attorney.
In 2016, Army Specialist Winston Hencely was seriously injured in a suicide bombing attack while serving in Afghanistan. The attack occurred at Bagram Airfield. Fluor Corporation is a military contractor who employed the bomber, Ahmad Nayeb. As a result of his employment, Nayeb was able to gain access to an area of the airfield that was supposed to be off-limits. It was later determined that Nayeb had a history of employment infractions. He was never terminated by Fluor. Henc...
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